onOptionsItemSelected not called when using actionLayout (SherlockActionBar)

The method onOptionsItemSelected isn't being called when using actionLayout in a menu item. Am I missing something, or is it a known problem with SherlockActionBar?

Activity

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    MenuInflater inflater = getSupportMenuInflater();
    inflater.inflate(R.menu.article, menu);

    super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);

    return true;
}

@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {   

    Log.d(TAG, "onOptionsItemSelected()");

    switch (item.getItemId()) {        
        case android.R.id.home:            
            finish();      
            return true; 
        case R.id.menu_item_comment:
            return true;
        default:            
            return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);    
    }
}

Menu

<item android:id="@+id/menu_item_comment"
    android:showAsAction="ifRoom"
    android:actionLayout="@layout/action_bar_comment_layout"/>

Solution 1:

well, you have to set onClickListener on that actionLayout to receive callback. I do it like this:

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    getSupportMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.map_menu, menu);
    for (int i = 0; i < menu.size(); i++) {
        MenuItem item = menu.getItem(i);
        if (item.getItemId() == R.id.menu_more) {
            itemChooser = item.getActionView();
            if (itemChooser != null) {
                itemChooser.setOnClickListener(this);
            }
        }
    }
    return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}

Solution 2:

You'll have to add your own OnClickListener and explicitly call onOptionsItemSelected:

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    MenuItem awesomeMenuItem = menu.findItem(R.id.action_awesome);
    View awesomeActionView = menuItem.getActionView();
    awesomeActionView.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            onOptionsItemSelected(awesomeMenuItem));
        }
    });
}

P.S: Don't know why it doesn't work out of the box.