Android - How to hide menu option for current fragment

Question

I have an ActionBar activity with a FrameLayout and a menu. when the user clicks the menu item I replace the fragment with the relevant new fragment. However, I cannot see a

Answer 1

In the fragment where you want to hide the Item

@Override
public void onPrepareOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    MenuItem item=menu.findItem(R.id.action_search);
    item.setVisible(false);

and in onCreate() of your fragment

 setHasOptionsMenu(true);