Android action bar with two stretched buttons

Question

Does anybody know how to easily implement an action bar with two stretched buttons?

Here is an example of the Google calendar app:

Answer 1

I know 2 ways to do this, but one doesn't stay on top.

Here is the 1st:

You need to override the method onCreateOptionsMenu, but this is add on the ActionBar, you need API 11 to do this and when you rotate the screen this buttons appear on ActionBar, this depends of the screen size.

 @Override
 public void onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu, MenuInflater inflater)
 {
     MenuItem add = menu.add(Menu.NONE, ADD_TIME, 0, R.string.add_time);
     add.setShowAsAction(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_IF_ROOM);

     MenuItem qkAdd = menu.add(Menu.NONE, QUICK_ADD_TIME, 1, R.string.quick_add_time);
     qkAdd.setShowAsAction(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_IF_ROOM);
 }

and this is the result:

if you're using a Fragment you need to set setHasOptionsMenu to true, otherwise the menu wont show.

Here is the 2nd:

cancel_done.xml






    





    

the resource style btn_cab_done_holo_light.xml you can find on ..\sdk\platforms\android-%%\data\res\drawable and then on your layout you just add:

and this is the result:

I don't now if is the best way, but it's working.