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I reproduced this behavior even from a project from scratch, created with a  blank activity. and change onOptionsItemSelected() to follow (basicaly added one line - recreate()):

@Override
    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
        // Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
        // automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
        // as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
        int id = item.getItemId();

        //noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement
        if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
            recreate();
            return true;
        }

        return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
    }

and the app crashes in execution.  I insist that this is only in API 23 and any devices/emulators I can use. recreate() works from anywhere else and whatever else I add to onOptionsItemSelected() .