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In my application i want to create an action bar which as my application icon and a view control. I refered so many tutorials and samples to create action bar but all of them have a plenty of code. I have also read the ActionBarSherlock but this need minsdkversion 15 to compile the libraries. Because i am new in android therefore i need a step by step tutorial to create a simple action bar. If you know a simple and easy tutorial to create action bar using xml then please post your answer.
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All action buttons and other items available in the action overflow are defined in an XML menu resource. To add actions to the action bar, create a new XML file in your project's res/menu/ directory. The app:showAsAction attribute specifies whether the action should be shown as a button on the app bar.
Android ActionBar is a menu bar that runs across the top of the activity screen in android. Android ActionBar can contain menu items which become visible when the user clicks the “menu” button.
To replace an app's default action bar with a Toolbar : Create a new custom theme and modify the app's properties so that it uses this new theme. Disable the windowActionBar attribute in the custom theme and enable the windowNoTitle attribute. Define a layout for the Toolbar .
I've used this library for adding an action bar to 2.2+ apps:
https://github.com/johannilsson/android-actionbar
I found it easy to use and visually appealing, although the style of it does not exactly match the default action bar in ICS.
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