I have a top level TabHost that implements the onCreateOptionsMenu method. And I want sub-activities (those within the tabs) to be able to intercept the options menu via onOptionsItemSelected. Like for example, in the options menu I have an item called, "Edit Note" and in one tab there is a ListView with a list of all the notes. I want the "Edit Note" item to be able to be viewed throughout the application, but the top level TabActivity doesn't know information such as title or id of the note.