the title in the overflow menu item is not appearing

Question

so, the overflow menu appears in the application, but the title the string is not shown in the menu items. I have tried many things but I couldn't figure out a way to make it appear.

for example I tried overriding onPrepareOptionsMenu function. It doesn't work.

please help me out guys

this is my options_menu.xml file

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
        <menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
            xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
    
        <item
            android:id="@+id/aboutFragment"
            android:title="About"
            android:menuCategory="secondary"
            app:showAsAction="never"/>    
       </menu>

and here is how I am inflating it my MainActivity.kt file

override fun onCreateOptionsMenu(menu: Menu?): Boolean {
    menuInflater.inflate(R.menu.options_menu, menu)
    return true
}