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      2 Android ActionBarCompat-Basic Sample
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      5 This sample shows you how to use ActionBarCompat to create a basic Activity
      6 which displays action items. It covers inflating items from a menu resource,
      7 as well as adding an item in code.
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      9 Introduction
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     12 Android 3.0 introduced the action bar control, a toolbar that is expected
     13 to be present in most types of applications. This control identifies the user
     14 location, and provides user actions and navigation modes.
     15 Using the action bar offers your users a familiar interface across applications
     16 that the system gracefully adapts for different screen configurations.
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     18 Instantiating an action bar can be done by using the [ActionBar][1] API provided
     19 in API 11 or above. Support for older devices is provided by the
     20 [support librarys ActionBar][2] implementation, compatible back to API 7.
     21 This sample demonstrates using the support library APIs.
     22 
     23 Using an ActionBar with the support library requires the following steps:
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     25 1. Create your activity by extending ActionBarActivity.
     26 2. Use (or extend) one of the Theme.AppCompat themes for your activity.
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     28 Once this is done, action items will be created for any options menu items that
     29 would otherwise be created during when `[onCreateOptionsMenu()][3]` is called.
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     31 [1]: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/ActionBar.html
     32 [2]: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/v7/app/ActionBar.html
     33 [3]: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Activity.html#onCreateOptionsMenu(android.view.Menu)
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     35 Pre-requisites
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     38 - Android SDK v23
     39 - Android Build Tools v23.0.0
     40 - Android Support Repository
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     42 Screenshots
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     45 <img src="screenshots/screenshot1.png" height="400" alt="Screenshot"/> <img src="screenshots/screenshot2.png" height="400" alt="Screenshot"/> 
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     47 Getting Started
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     50 This sample uses the Gradle build system. To build this project, use the
     51 "gradlew build" command or use "Import Project" in Android Studio.
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     53 Support
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     56 - Google+ Community: https://plus.google.com/communities/105153134372062985968
     57 - Stack Overflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android
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     59 If you've found an error in this sample, please file an issue:
     60 https://github.com/googlesamples/android-ActionBarCompat-Basic
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     62 Patches are encouraged, and may be submitted by forking this project and
     63 submitting a pull request through GitHub. Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for more details.
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     65 License
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     68 Copyright 2014 The Android Open Source Project, Inc.
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     70 Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor
     71 license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for
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     73 file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
     74 use this file except in compliance with the License.  You may obtain a copy of
     75 the License at
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     77 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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