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Android Action Bar - With Tabs

I am trying to create a tab action bar on android but I seem to face problems when following tutorials. They usually will have resources which are not shown of which I am also not too sure what are they an causing me not being able to compile the project like in the tutorial. can someone kindly help me out with this. thanks.

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simplified. Avatar asked Jun 23 '11 20:06

simplified.


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Here is another sample project, covered in one of my books, that demonstrates tabs in the action bar, among other features.

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CommonsWare Avatar answered Oct 02 '22 00:10

CommonsWare