Example usage of AppCompatActivity in Android

The latest release of android support library, 22.1, deprecates the ActionBarActivity in favor of AppCompatActivity, which promises to bring a single consistent ActionBar for all devices starting with API Level 7 and above. Also, the new update adds the ability to tint widgets automatically when using AppCompat, and adds support for consistent material design dialogs. Use support.v7.app.AlertDialog (instead of android.app.AlertDialog), to get nice looking material dialogs across multiple versions of devices. Example: 1. In order to benefit from all these things, the first thing you should do is to update the support library to 22.1.0. dependencies { // … compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:22.1.0' } 2. Then let your activity extend AppCompatActivity. public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity { // ... } 3. And finally, change the application theme to AppCompat or any descendants of it. Configuring the material color palette Following the steps above will setup the applic...

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