onCreateOptionsMenu is never called

I am having some trouble getting an options menu working in Android. I have built apps before, and they all worked fine, but now the menu just doesn't pop up.

The code:

@Overridepublic boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {    super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.activity_video, menu);    return true;}

the whole method is never even called (checked by setting a breakpoint). The activity is super-simple, it just has a VideoView in it, with an OnTouchListener set.

I am using Android 4.0.4 on a Samsung Galaxy 10.1, API level 15, minSDK 15. Am I missing something?