In menu not able to nest items to group widget - android

neither nesting nor movement of menuItems and groups up and down wrt each other is taking place.
Android Studio version - 2.3.1
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here is the code you can use,
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
tools:context="com.example.akshaymanagooli.adggbtbrt.MainActivity">
<item
android:id="#+id/action_settings"
android:orderInCategory="100"
android:title="settings"
app:showAsAction="never" />
<item
android:id="#+id/item"
android:orderInCategory="100"
android:title="items"
app:showAsAction="never" >
<menu>
<item
android:id="#+id/item1"
android:orderInCategory="100"
android:title="item 1"
app:showAsAction="never" />
<item
android:id="#+id/item2"
android:orderInCategory="100"
android:title="item 2"
app:showAsAction="never" />
</menu>
</item>
</menu>
So idea is inside an item create a new menu block and add your sub items in there so it'll show you a arrow mark like dropdown thing.

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android:orderInCategory="100"
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