Is actionbarsherlock needed anymore?

Question

Since you can use ActionBar from the v7 appcompat library in the support library, is there any reason to use actionbarsherlock anymore?

Answer 1

If you develop a new app, you should consider ActionBarCompat as your first choice. Google put more devs to support that lib in the future.

If your app is using ActionBarSherlock, keep using it, or migrate to ActionBarCompat to get some other functionalities and supporting from GG Android team.

Answer 2

Refer This question to wheter you want to use actionsharlock or not: Also it have a detail compare in screen between two:

Difference between ActionBarSherlock and ActionBar Compatibility actionbarsherlock-and-actionbar-compatibility

Answer 3

Actionbar sherlock will not upgrade anymore so consider using appcompat