i'm pretty confused on how to use action bar sherlock.. i've 'installed' it successfully in my apps (I can already see the bar at the top of my apps), but how do I 'configure' it? for example i use this
<item name="abDisplayOptions">useLogo|showHome|homeAsUp|showTitle</item>
so I can see the apps logo in the action bar, the 'back' button at the left side of the logo, but I don't know where should I put the code (and what code to write) to enable the 'back' buttons on action bar, clicking on logo will bring the user to the apps home, and other things such as put a search icon on the action bar and so on.. i tried looking at the actionbarsherlock google groups but I don't know what to search to help me...
Just check the samples here : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.actionbarsherlock.sample.demos
And the corresponding code here : https://github.com/JakeWharton/ActionBarSherlock
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I'm developing an android app which doesn't have an action bar. I have the sign out and sync options as menu items. When I tried this in my Nexus 5, the menu button is nowhere to be found. It usually appears in the action bar. Is there a way to keep the menu button and hide the action bar at the same time?
Is there a way to keep the menu button and hide the action bar at the same time?
No. If you are not going to use the action bar, you cannot reliably use <menu> resources. Please put "sign out and sync options" in your own GUI, such as via buttons.
Note that the MENU key is itself deprecated now; few devices going forward will have one.
I’m using a HTC One (engineering sample) Android phone running Android 4.x
In any app made with Xamarin I see the action bar (red square) at the bottom of the screen. Even when having my own action bar (picture right), the bottom action bar is there. In this case, both action bars can be clicked (settings).
Some 3rd party apps have the same action bar problem, others (FaceBook etc.) don’t.
How can I get rid of this bottom action bar?
The sample you see here is the Xamarin ActionBarSherlock sample.
How can I get rid of this bottom action bar?
Set your android:targetSdkVersion to 14 or higher. What you are seeing is the "legacy menu button of shame".
I have a bit more on this topic in this year-old blog post.
I want to move the overflow button (that shows up the options menu) actually present in the top action bar to the bottom action bar. As actually done by Facebook application and many other applications. I want this for tablet only.
Screenshot:
Thanks.
First, neither of those screenshots show a "bottom action bar". They show the navigation bar.
Second, whatever is shown in your second screenshot is non-standard.
My guess is that second screenshot is supposed to be the legacy menu affordance. The objective of a modern Android app developer is to not show the legacy menu affordance, as it is an indication to users that your app is not being maintained. Modern Android apps have the overflow menu in the action bar (for devices without a dedicated MENU button).
That being said, if you wish to have fewer users, and therefore want to suggest to those users that your app is unmaintained, to have the legacy menu affordance, get rid of your action bar, such as by setting android:targetSdkVersion to 11 or lower.
You can read more about this in the documentation.
I am using Action Bar in my application to implement Tab Fragments. I am successful in it. But getting a small problem. I am in a need of a drop-down list at the Right Corner of the action bar and a search button. Please see the image:
You can see the red marked buttons that i need to show in Action bar and below the actionbar we have tab fragments. I am successful in generating the Fragments but getting problem in showing these buttons on Actionbar. Please help me
The overflow button is automatically generated but if you have a phone with hardware button it wont show up. You shouldn't try to force it to show up as it goes against ussual behaviour for people with phones that have a hardware button.
I am developing on a Galaxy Nexus, and I would like the settings icon on the main dock to open up some window of buttons. How do I go about handling this button press? it's that button that looks like a vertical "..."
That button:
will only appear on devices without a MENU button
will only appear if you have action bar items in the overflow menu
cannot be directly used for other purposes
You are welcome to have an action item in the action bar that will "open up some window of buttons". You can choose whatever icon you want for this action item. I strongly encourage you to not use the same icon as the action overflow menu. There are millions of possible icons, so surely you can choose one of greater relevance to whatever the "window of buttons" is and will not conflict with the users' expectations of what the action bar overflow should look and work like.