Action bar overflow not displayed

Question

I\'m setting up an action bar with Sherlock with 3 items/icons. Running on a ICS emulator, I only can see 2 icons. And moreover: NO overflow menu (those 3 dots-icon)! I only get

Answer 1

Do I have to force the overflow icon, and if so how can I do so?

All you need to do is have your theme inherit from one of the .ForceOverflow themes. Note this will only work for Android 2.0 and 3.0. In 4.0 the native ActionBar component is used instead, and the overflow item is only displayed if the device does not have a menu key.