title: openOptionsMenu function not working in ICS?
body: <p>Im using action bar compability library. Im trying to open the options menu from a button with openOptionsMenu() function but it does nothing.</p>
  
  <p>Menu shows as usual when pressing the menu key on my phone. What is wrong here?</p>
  
  <pre><code>public class ReadActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
  
      ...
  
      @Override
      public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
          boolean value;
          MenuInflater menuInflater = getMenuInflater();
          menuInflater.inflate(R.menu.read, menu);
          value = super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
  
          if (Helper.SupportsNewApi()) {
              getActionBar().hide();
          } else {
              ((View) ((LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.actionbar_compat))
                      .getParent()).setVisibility(View.GONE);
          }
  
          return value;
      }
  
      @Override
      public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
          switch (item.getItemId()) {
          case android.R.id.home:
              finish();
              break;
          case R.id.menu_search:
              // Toast.makeText(this, "Tapped search", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
              break;
          case R.id.menu_bookmark:
              // selectText();
              // setFullScreen(false);
              break;
          case R.id.menu_day_night_mode:
              break;
          case R.id.menu_settings:
              break;
          case R.id.menu_zoom_in:
              showOverlay(false);
              break;
          case R.id.menu_zoom_out:
              showOverlay(false);
              break;
          case R.id.menu_table_of_contents:
              Intent tocIntent = new Intent(this, TocActivity.class);
              int GET_SECTION_REFERENCE = 1;
              startActivityForResult(tocIntent, GET_SECTION_REFERENCE);
              break;
          case R.id.menu_overflow:
              Toast.makeText(this, "Tapped overflow", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
  
              //closeOptionsMenu();
              openOptionsMenu(); //tried the below aswell, no results
              //getWindow().openPanel(Window.FEATURE_OPTIONS_PANEL, null);
              break;
          }
          return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
      }
  
  
      @Override //disable volume buttons
      public boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
          if (!menuShown &amp;&amp; (keyCode == 25 || keyCode == 24)) {
              return true;
          }
          return super.onKeyDown(keyCode, event);
      }
  
      @Override
      public boolean onKeyUp(int keyCode, KeyEvent event) {
          Log.d(tag, "Keycode is = "+keyCode);
          if (keyCode == 82) {
              if (!menuShown) {
                  //openOptionsMenu();
                  showOverlay(true);
              } else {
                  showOverlay(false);
              }
  
  
                      //don't want it to open when pressing menu
              return true;
          } else if (keyCode == 4 &amp;&amp; menuShown) {
              showOverlay(false);
              return true;
          } else if (keyCode == 25 &amp;&amp; !menuShown) {
              prevPage();
              return true;
          } else if (keyCode == 24 &amp;&amp; !menuShown) {
              nextPage();
              return true;
          }
  
          return super.onKeyUp(keyCode, event);
      }
  
  }
  </code></pre>