android-actionbar

I'm trying to build the sample project "Action Bar Styled" using the Action Bar Sherlock. I download the .zip file containing ABS here http://actionbarsherlock.com/ but I can't figure out where to unzip so that it will appear on Project>Properties>Add library. Can someone give me an hand? Also, I read somewhere (can't find it now, sorry) that the current Android Compatibility library supports the Action Bar in pre 3.0 versions, so it has basically the same "effect" as Action Bar Sherlock - can someone confirm this? Which library should I install? Elad92 Didn't heard about Compatibility library

I want to achieve this: What I thought was to make a Custom Toolbar with a bigger height and work with the tabhost and tabpager normally. I have implemented it, but the toolbar is showing the normal height, so it doesn't show as I want, just the top part. Is this the right approach or is it possible to set a TabHost below a Linear/Relative Layout? Because I don't need to work with it as an action bar. Relevant Code toolbar.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:id="@+id/toolbarTitle"

If an Android ActionBar is split into a top and a bottom portion using android:uiOptions="splitActionBarWhenNarrow" in the Manifext.xml , is there a way to force some of the actions to be displayed in the top portion instead of having them all at the bottom? There's no standard way of doing this. That said, the Action Bar custom view will appear in the upper bar, so you can just use that. You will lose some of the extras (toasts on long press), so you'll have to implement them yourself. That said, of you're using ActionBarSherlock, all the layouts and styles for a normal button are there, so

I have a small question about theming my app that uses ActionBarSherlock. Everything works fine except on Samsung phones with TouchWizz . The overflow menu items appear by pressing the hardware menu key. I know how to change the panel background. My default theme extends Theme.Sherlock.Light.DarkActionBar , so the default menu item text color in the hardware panel will be black , I wan't to change this. Any ideas on how to do this besides changing the parent of my default theme? <style name="Theme.MyApp" parent="@style/Theme.Sherlock.Light.DarkActionBar"> <item name="android:panelBackground">

I have to press the backbutton twice, to close the SearchView . Why? On the first press, the SearchView only looses focus... Setting setOnKeyListener on SearchView does not work either... Btw, I'm using the ABS implementation... My code is simple and looks like the following: mMenuItemSearch = menu.findItem(R.id.search); mSearchView = new SearchView(getSupportActionBar().getThemedContext()); mMenuItemSearch.setActionView(mSearchView); mSearchView.setOnQueryTextListener(new SearchView.OnQueryTextListener() { public boolean onQueryTextChange(String newText) { mPagerManager.getFragment