Show icons in options menu when using Theme.Holo

Question

When using android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Holo as the default theme for my activity, the icons defined in the xml menu are no longer visible in the options / overflow menu (they were visible when using the old theme.)

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Answer 1

Good to answer my own question: Theme.Holo does not show icons in action overflow. So why do some pre-installed standard applications have menu icons? Because they use the Theme.DeviceDefault theme, which seems to be different from Holo on my Samsung Galaxy S II.