[android-developers] Re: Using ActionBar while remains compatible with Android 2.x?

I confirm that this works fine in my app, so you must be doing
something wrong. What? I have no idea.

On Nov 19, 11:39 am, limtc <thyech...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Can I show the menu in ActionBar in Honeycomb while the app remains
> compatible with Android 2.x?
>
> Inhttp://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/actionbar.htmlit
> seems that this can be done:
> --
> Beginning with Android 3.0 (API level 11), the action bar is included
> in all activities that use the Theme.Holo theme (or one of its
> descendants), which is the default theme when either the
> targetSdkVersion or minSdkVersion attribute is set to "11" or greater.
> For example:
>
> <manifest ... >
>     <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="4"
>               android:targetSdkVersion="11" />
>     ...
> </manifest>
> In this example, the application requires a minimum version of API
> Level 4 (Android 1.6), but it also targets API level 11 (Android 3.0).
> This way, when the application runs on Android 3.0 or greater, the
> system applies the holographic theme to each activity, and thus, each
> activity includes the action bar.
> --
>
> While I tried this in my 2.x apps, the menu disappeared but no
> ActionBar is shown (so I lost access to the menu). What shall I do?

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