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I have done an apk with action bar. it's min sdk version is 11, I want to change it to 8. What are the necessary supporting files which I should add to make the min sdk version to 8.?

DKV
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Use AppCompact library (appcompat v7) from the support library

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/actionbar.html

http://android-developers.blogspot.in/2013/08/actionbarcompat-and-io-2013-app-source.html

Download the support library. Import into workspace. Can be found at sdk/extras/android/support/v7/appcompact.

Check the below link for setup

http://developer.android.com/tools/support-library/setup.html

Reference the library in your android project. Extend ActionBarActivity. use Theme.AppCompact

Or use ActionBarSherlock

http://actionbarsherlock.com/

Download the sherlock library. import into workspace. Reference the library and extend SherlockActivity

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Use ActionBarSherlock is an extension of the support library designed to facilitate the use of the action bar design pattern across all versions of Android with a single API.

The library will automatically use the native action bar when appropriate or will automatically wrap a custom implementation around your layouts. This allows you to easily develop an application with an action bar for every version of Android from 2.x and up

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  • How we are using the Action Bar Sherlock. Just import the file . What we do more to get it correctly . – DKV Oct 27 '13 at 12:29
  • 1- Download Library https://api.github.com/repos/JakeWharton/ActionBarSherlock/zipball/4.4.0 2- Import it as Eclipse project. 3- Add this library to your project. 4- Getting started http://www.grokkingandroid.com/adding-actionbarsherlock-to-your-project/ 5-There are demo projects inside the library you just downloaded "actionbarsherlock-samples", which will be very helpful especially "demos". – Ayman Mahgoub Oct 27 '13 at 13:01
  • Hi I add The Lib as you told. But unfortunately when I put the Sherlock in to my project all my R file get corrected. If I remove the lib the error will not be there, Why it is happening.? – DKV Oct 29 '13 at 13:10
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Use actionbar-compat in android support library v7. Check this, this, this, and this. Port actionbar back to 2.1. Hope that helps.

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  • That means I have to do two steps 1. Import the library and change the theme . Theme.AppCompact is not available for me which one should I use instead of that. – DKV Oct 27 '13 at 12:25
  • Have you checked the links I provided yet? – muntasir2000 Oct 27 '13 at 16:59