Error when Adding Menu to App - Xamarin c# Visual Studio - android

I am trying to inflate an XML Menu inside my App, but i get the following error when I try to Deploy the App on an Emulator:
Unhandled Exception:
Java.Lang.RuntimeException: Unexpected end of document occurred
Also my XML is located in Resources/menu/main
Inflate Menu Code:
XML Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
<item android:id="#+id/mnuAppLogo"
android:title="logoHere"/>
<item android:id="#+id/mnuAppName"
android:title="App Name"/>
<menu>
<item android:id="#+id/submenuHelp"
android:title="Help" />
<item android:id="#+id/submenuExit"
android:title="Exit" />
</menu>
</menu>
Why is this?
Let me know if you need more code...
Thanks in advance.
UPDATE 1:
I want to make the logoHere and App Name appear in spots 1 and 2 with the other 2 Help and Exit inside the Menu.


To create a "submenu", the elements must be included within an item element:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:id="#+id/mnuAppLogo" android:title="logoHere" />
<item android:id="#+id/mnuAppName" android:title="App Name">
<menu>
<item android:id="#+id/submenuHelp" android:title="Help" />
<item android:id="#+id/submenuExit" android:title="Exit" />
</menu>
</item>
</menu>
How do I make it so that the First 2 (logoHere and App Name) are not in the "Hamburger Menu" and just on the Action Bar? The Help and Exit however will be inside the Menu.
You can use showAsAction="never" to always place the menu item in the overflow menu and showAsAction="ifRoom" to display it as an action bar button IF there is room for it.
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:id="#+id/mnuAppLogo" showAsAction="ifRoom" android:title="logoHere" />
<item android:id="#+id/mnuAppName" showAsAction="ifRoom" android:title="App Name" />
<item android:id="#+id/submenuHelp" showAsAction="never" android:title="Help" />
<item android:id="#+id/submenuExit" showAsAction="never" android:title="Exit" />
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