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rogerbinns on March 7, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: We Need to Talk About Android

Android supply a compatibility library that lets you use new functionality even on older Android platforms. You can read about and download it here:

http://developer.android.com/sdk/compatibility-library.html

If you want to use the ActionBar UI style then there is a library that will work on Android 1.6+ using the native one when available else an emulated one.

http://actionbarsherlock.com/

veeti on March 7, 2012 [–]

> If you want to use the ActionBar UI style

More like "if you want to design your app according to standards". ABS is a necessity for any new app.

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