Using a logo instead of an icon By default, the system uses your application icon in the action bar, as specified by the icon attribute in the<application> or <activity> element. However, if you also specify the logo attribute, then the action…

Using split action bar Split action bar provides a separate bar at the bottom of the screen to display all action items when the activity is running on a narrow screen (such as a portrait-oriented handset). Figure 3. Mock-ups showing an action bar wi…

This interface is deprecated.Action bar navigation modes are deprecated and not supported by inline toolbar action bars. Consider using other common navigation patterns instead. Adding Navigation Tabs Figure 7. Action bar tabs on a wide screen. Tabs…

Styling the Action Bar If you want to implement a visual design that represents your app's brand, the action bar allows you to customize each detail of its appearance, including the action bar color, text colors, button styles, and more. To do so, yo…

Adding Drop-down Navigation As another mode of navigation (or filtering) for your activity, the action bar offers a built in drop-down list (also known as a "spinner"). For example, the drop-down list can offer different modes by which content i…

Navigating Up with the App Icon Enabling the app icon as an Up button allows the user to navigate your app based on the hierarchical relationships between screens. For instance, if screen A displays a list of items, and selecting an item leads to scr…

Adding Action Items The action bar provides users access to the most important action items relating to the app's current context. Those that appear directly in the action bar with an icon and/or text are known as action buttons. Actions that can't f…

Adding the Action Bar As mentioned above, this guide focuses on how to use the ActionBar APIs in the support library. So before you can add the action bar, you must set up your project with the appcompat v7 support library by following the instructio…

Action Bar The action bar is a window feature that identifies the user location, and provides user actions and navigation modes. Using the action bar offers your users a familiar interface across applications that the system gracefully adapts for dif…

Adding an Action Provider Similar to an action view, an action provider replaces an action button with a customized layout. However, unlike an action view, an action provider takes control of all the action's behaviors and an action provider can disp…