I was recommended to extend my Activity class from ActionBarActivity
Here is the previous code:
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBar; import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity; public class MainActivity extends Activity { @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.activity_main); }
I wrote new application and followed advice.
import android.os.Bundle; import android.support.v7.app.ActionBar; import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity; public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity { @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); ActionBar actionBar =getSupportActionBar(); actionBar.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true); setContentView(R.layout.activity_main); } @Override public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) { getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu); return true; } }
If I use ACtionBarActivity instead of Activity, I get the following error on the phone, when I try to run it:
The method getSupportActionBar() is undefined for the type TaskActivity