1*d353a188SXin Li 2*d353a188SXin LiAndroid ActionBarCompat-Basic Sample 3*d353a188SXin Li=================================== 4*d353a188SXin Li 5*d353a188SXin LiThis sample shows you how to use ActionBarCompat to create a basic Activity 6*d353a188SXin Liwhich displays action items. It covers inflating items from a menu resource, 7*d353a188SXin Lias well as adding an item in code. 8*d353a188SXin Li 9*d353a188SXin LiIntroduction 10*d353a188SXin Li------------ 11*d353a188SXin Li 12*d353a188SXin LiAndroid 3.0 introduced the “action bar” control, a toolbar that is expected 13*d353a188SXin Lito be present in most types of applications. This control identifies the user 14*d353a188SXin Lilocation, and provides user actions and navigation modes. 15*d353a188SXin LiUsing the action bar offers your users a familiar interface across applications 16*d353a188SXin Lithat the system gracefully adapts for different screen configurations. 17*d353a188SXin Li 18*d353a188SXin LiInstantiating an action bar can be done by using the [ActionBar][1] API provided 19*d353a188SXin Liin API 11 or above. Support for older devices is provided by the 20*d353a188SXin Li[support library’s ActionBar][2] implementation, compatible back to API 7. 21*d353a188SXin LiThis sample demonstrates using the support library APIs. 22*d353a188SXin Li 23*d353a188SXin LiUsing an ActionBar with the support library requires the following steps: 24*d353a188SXin Li 25*d353a188SXin Li1. Create your activity by extending AppCompatActivity. 26*d353a188SXin Li2. Use (or extend) one of the Theme.AppCompat themes for your activity. 27*d353a188SXin Li 28*d353a188SXin LiOnce this is done, action items will be created for any options menu items that 29*d353a188SXin Liwould otherwise be created during when `[onCreateOptionsMenu()][3]` is called. 30*d353a188SXin Li 31*d353a188SXin Li[1]: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/ActionBar.html 32*d353a188SXin Li[2]: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/v7/app/ActionBar.html 33*d353a188SXin Li[3]: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Activity.html#onCreateOptionsMenu(android.view.Menu) 34*d353a188SXin Li 35*d353a188SXin LiPre-requisites 36*d353a188SXin Li-------------- 37*d353a188SXin Li 38*d353a188SXin Li- Android SDK 27 39*d353a188SXin Li- Android Build Tools v27.0.2 40*d353a188SXin Li- Android Support Repository 41*d353a188SXin Li 42*d353a188SXin LiScreenshots 43*d353a188SXin Li------------- 44*d353a188SXin Li 45*d353a188SXin Li<img src="screenshots/screenshot1.png" height="400" alt="Screenshot"/> <img src="screenshots/screenshot2.png" height="400" alt="Screenshot"/> 46*d353a188SXin Li 47*d353a188SXin LiGetting Started 48*d353a188SXin Li--------------- 49*d353a188SXin Li 50*d353a188SXin LiThis sample uses the Gradle build system. To build this project, use the 51*d353a188SXin Li"gradlew build" command or use "Import Project" in Android Studio. 52*d353a188SXin Li 53*d353a188SXin LiSupport 54*d353a188SXin Li------- 55*d353a188SXin Li 56*d353a188SXin Li- Google+ Community: https://plus.google.com/communities/105153134372062985968 57*d353a188SXin Li- Stack Overflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android 58*d353a188SXin Li 59*d353a188SXin LiIf you've found an error in this sample, please file an issue: 60*d353a188SXin Lihttps://github.com/googlesamples/android-ActionBarCompat-Basic 61*d353a188SXin Li 62*d353a188SXin LiPatches are encouraged, and may be submitted by forking this project and 63*d353a188SXin Lisubmitting a pull request through GitHub. Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for more details. 64*d353a188SXin Li 65*d353a188SXin LiLicense 66*d353a188SXin Li------- 67*d353a188SXin Li 68*d353a188SXin LiCopyright 2017 The Android Open Source Project, Inc. 69*d353a188SXin Li 70*d353a188SXin LiLicensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor 71*d353a188SXin Lilicense agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for 72*d353a188SXin Liadditional information regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this 73*d353a188SXin Lifile to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not 74*d353a188SXin Liuse this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of 75*d353a188SXin Lithe License at 76*d353a188SXin Li 77*d353a188SXin Lihttp://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 78*d353a188SXin Li 79*d353a188SXin LiUnless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 80*d353a188SXin Lidistributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT 81*d353a188SXin LiWARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the 82*d353a188SXin LiLicense for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under 83*d353a188SXin Lithe License. 84
