Android: getSupportActionBar() always returns null in ActionBarSherlock library

Question

I\'m trying to use the ActionBarSherlock library to provide backwards compatible ActionBar support with tabs in my Android app, so I downloaded the latest build, built the d

Answer 1

I had the same problem on the Android ICS 4.0.4. I was using requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE); on the FragmentActivity, but this was hiding the ActionBar on ICS+ devices that caused the getSupportActionBar() to be null.

Simply removed the:
requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);

And it worked like a charm.

Hope it helps someone.