ActionBarCompat: Hide ActionBar before activity is created (bug?)

Question

So I was using the ActionBarSherlock and decided to switch to the new ActionBarCompat. With ABS, hiding the ActionBar was possible using the way described in this post: How

Answer 1

I don`t know if I understood exactly your question, but here I go.

I think that you need to use both: getSupportActionBar() to old versions and getActionBar() to newest versions. It`s not a bug.

You need to verify the device version before use the methods.

I hope I was able to help.