1 2 Android ActionBarCompat-Basic Sample 3 =================================== 4 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. 8 9 Introduction 10 ------------ 11 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. 17 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: 24 25 1. Create your activity by extending ActionBarActivity. 26 2. Use (or extend) one of the Theme.AppCompat themes for your activity. 27 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. 30 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) 34 35 Pre-requisites 36 -------------- 37 38 - Android SDK v23 39 - Android Build Tools v23.0.0 40 - Android Support Repository 41 42 Screenshots 43 ------------- 44 45 <img src="screenshots/screenshot1.png" height="400" alt="Screenshot"/> <img src="screenshots/screenshot2.png" height="400" alt="Screenshot"/> 46 47 Getting Started 48 --------------- 49 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. 52 53 Support 54 ------- 55 56 - Google+ Community: https://plus.google.com/communities/105153134372062985968 57 - Stack Overflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android 58 59 If you've found an error in this sample, please file an issue: 60 https://github.com/googlesamples/android-ActionBarCompat-Basic 61 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. 64 65 License 66 ------- 67 68 Copyright 2014 The Android Open Source Project, Inc. 69 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 72 additional information regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this 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 76 77 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 78 79 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 80 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT 81 WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the 82 License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under 83 the License. 84
