android-actionbar-compat

I am using Android Studio and have followed this article from google as well as some other articles discussing how to use the new ActionBarCompat. I have downloaded the support library (Rev. 18) in Android SDK Manager and added the following in my build.gradle dependencies { compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:18.0.0' compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:18.0.0' } Now I'm trying to import the Support Library API and extend ActionBarActivity in my code, however, this is what showed up which is not what it is supposed to be import android.support.v7.app.ActionBar; import android.support

I am using ShowcaseView library from here in my android application. I want use ShowcaseView with Actionbar Compat . But i am not getting how to use it? I have tried following code but it throws NullPointerexception . Please help me solve this issue. Thank you. Code : public class Activity1 extends ActionBarActivity implements OnShowcaseEventListener { ShowcaseView sv; ShowcaseView.ConfigOptions co; @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { try { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.screen1); co = new ShowcaseView.ConfigOptions(); co

I'm following the google tutorial for action bars but the icons don't appear on it, this is the menu xml file: <menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:yourapp="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" > <item android:id="@+id/action_refresh" android:icon="@drawable/ic_action_refresh" android:title="refresh" android:showAsAction="ifRoom"/> <item android:id="@+id/action_settings" android:icon="@drawable/ic_action_settings" android:title="settings" android:showAsAction="ifRoom"/> <item android:id="@+id/action_compose" android:icon="@drawable/ic_action_new" android

How I can force menu item to show under overflow icon. I am providing app support from api level 8 and above. for now it is showing as actionview . My menuLayout is as follows. //main.xml <menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" > <item android:id="@+id/action_menu_setting" android:title="@string/menuItemSetting" app:showAsAction="ifRoom"/> <item android:id="@+id/action_signout" android:title="@string/menuItemLogout" app:showAsAction="ifRoom"/> </menu> in Java class @Override public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu

Call if (getSupportActionBar() != null) getSupportActionBar().hide(); or just: getActionBar() in android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity I get such exception: ... java.lang.NullPointerException at android.support.v7.app.ActionBarImplICS.hide(ActionBarImplICS.java:302) at android.support.v7.app.ActionBarImplJB.hide(ActionBarImplJB.java:20) ... EDIT: it just happens when activity have Theme: <style name="MyTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light"> <item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item> <item name="android:windowFullscreen">false</item> </style> note: getSupportActionBar() do not return

I'm using ActionBarCompat in support-v7-r18. When trying to show an indeterminate progress, it works on Galaxy S3 Android 4.1.2 but doesn't on Galaxy Ace Android 2.3.3. I can't figure why. The code raising the exception : @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); ... final ActionBarActivity activity = this; content = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webContent); content.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient() { @Override public void onPageStarted(WebView view, String url, Bitmap favicon) { super.onPageStarted(view, url, favicon); activity

I'm using ActionBar Compat in my app and i need to show dropdown menu when user click button in actionbar. In 4.x versions it's ok, but in 2.3 i have something like dialog. 2.3 screenshot Like i said, in 4.x it's ok: Here is some code: @Override public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) { getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.categories, menu); return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu); } categories.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:onekr="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" > <item android:id="@+id/refresh"

I implemented a basic activity as public class MainActivity extends Activity and when I add an actionbar with the menu as below, the app icon defined in the AndroidManifest.xml shows up nicely <application android:allowBackup="true" android:icon="@drawable/logo_green" android:label="@string/app_name" android:screenOrientation="portrait" android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar" > When I try to change to android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity ( and switch to compatible AppCompat theme like @style/Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar) the main app menu in the action bar