Split Action Bar with AppCompat v7 using Material Design?

Question

Is it possible to have the App Compat ActionBar split when targeting API 21?

Right now I have had all activities include

 android:uiOptions="splitActionBarWhenNarrow"

and have meta-data:

 <meta-data android:name="android.support.UI_OPTIONS"
            android:value="splitActionBarWhenNarrow" />

And my theme Base is Theme.AppCompat

but for some reason this has absolutely no effect making the action bar split.

Answer 1

There is no split action bar support for Material themes or AppCompat v21. You can certainly create your own bottom action bar via a Toolbar added to your layout, but you have to manage combining the controls on >600dp configurations yourself.