ProgressDialog near application label

Question

I noticed that some applications have ProgressDialog near application label which i marked with red circle in the image below - enter image description here

does somebody know how can i get ProgressDialog there?

Are you talking about the three dots that when you click they show options such as "settings" and such? — codeMagic, Mar 27 '13 at 13:32
no, i'm talking about this - http://i.stack.imgur.com/bdrWh.png — user2086174, Mar 27 '13 at 13:33
Oh, that's a `ProgressDialog`. A `spinner` is a dropdown menu — codeMagic, Mar 27 '13 at 13:35
its not in the dropdown menu .Normally the bar u marked there is accessible in manifest . I dont how to get spinner there ,i wil come back to u with result — Viswanath Lekshmanan, Mar 27 '13 at 13:40

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 27 '13 at 13:51

You are talking about the so called Action Bar. This UI concept allows developers to place their menu and contextual information regarding to the currently displayed screen in a separate bar at the top, including the indeterminate progress indicator you mentioned. Natively, this bar isn't available on older android versions, but there is an excellent library that allows you to use the action bar and still target older versions: ActionBarSherlock

You can take a look at the capabilities of the action bar with the ActionBarSherlock Demo

ProgressDialog near application label

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