protected void setMenuBackground(){
	getLayoutInflater().setFactory( new Factory() {
		
		@Override
		public View onCreateView ( String name, Context context, AttributeSet attrs ) {
			
			if ( name.equalsIgnoreCase( "com.android.internal.view.menu.IconMenuItemView" ) ) {
				
				try { // Ask our inflater to create the view
					LayoutInflater f = getLayoutInflater();
					final View view = f.createView( name, null, attrs );
					// Kind of apply our own background
					new Handler().post( new Runnable() {
						public void run () {
							view.setBackgroundResource( R.drawable.menu_background);
						}
					} );
					return view;
				}
				catch ( InflateException e ) {
				}
				catch ( ClassNotFoundException e ) {

				}
			}
			return null;
		}
	});
}