java - Why is my overflow dropdown menu on top of the actionbar?

Question

By default isn't it supposed to be under the actionbar? So what am I doing wrong?

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
    return true;
}

res/menu/main.xml

<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
tools:context="com.example.test.MainActivity" >

<item
    android:id="@+id/action_settings"
    android:orderInCategory="100"
    android:title="@string/action_settings"
    app:showAsAction="never"/>
</menu>

Answer 1

This is default behaviour of AppCompat theme you are using. According to the Material Design guidelines, it is expected overflow menu to appear on top of it's anchor, the ActionBar.

You can force it to show below the action bar if by setting to your theme overlapAnchor to false

   <style name="OverflowMenu" parent="Widget.AppCompat.PopupMenu.Overflow" >
         <item name="overlapAnchor">false</item>
         <item name="dropDownVerticalOffset">?attr/actionBarSize</item>
    </style>