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Android Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide
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Android Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide

by Bill Phillips, Brian Hardy
March 2013
Beginner to intermediate
580 pages
16h 11m
English
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Challenge: Using ActionBarSherlock

Now that you have added an ActionBarSherlock project reference, you are ready to integrate it into CriminalIntent.

ABS works a lot like the support library – it provides alternative versions of core Android classes like Activity, Fragment, and ActionBar. Most (not all) of the ABS class names are prefixed with Sherlock-, though, which makes them a bit easier to distinguish than the support library classes.

That gives you some idea of what you need to do. The fragment and activity classes are all prefixed with Sherlock-, but the menu-related classes are not.

Basic ABS integration in CriminalIntent

Here are the steps for the most basic ABS integration:

  • Change CriminalIntent’s theme to Theme.Sherlock.Light.DarkActionBar ...

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