Android Action Bar Demo

Hello Friends,

Today , I am going to explore a sample application in android ,which gives you
an idea , How to create Action Bar in Android.

Hope this will helps you.......
Enjoy Coding.. )


The Screen shot for these application is as below 

1. Home Screen:

2. Information and Searh screen , on click of Search | Info  Icon:

Code for Android Action Bar:

1. AndroidManifest.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

    package="com.mukesh.actionbar"

    android:versionCode="1"

    android:versionName="1.0" >




    <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" />




    <application

        android:icon="@drawable/icon"

        android:label="@string/app_name"

        android:theme="@style/Theme.D1" >

        <activity

            android:name=".HomeActivity"

            android:label="@string/app_name"

            android:theme="@style/Theme.D1" >

            <intent-filter>

                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />




                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />

            </intent-filter>

        </activity>

        <activity

            android:name="com.mukesh.actionbar.SearchActivity"

            android:label="@string/title_search"

            android:theme="@style/Theme.D1" />

    </application>

</manifest>




2. HomeActivity.java



package com.mukesh.actionbar;




import android.os.Bundle;




public class HomeActivity extends ActionBarAppActivity

{

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) 

    {

        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        setContentView(R.layout.main);

    }

}

3.  SearchActivity.java

package com.mukesh.actionbar;




import android.os.Bundle;




public class SearchActivity extends ActionBarAppActivity

{

public  void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) 

    {

        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        setContentView(R.layout.search);

     }

}

4.ActioBarAppActivity.java

package com.mukesh.actionbar;


import android.app.Activity;

import android.content.Context;

import android.content.Intent;

import android.os.Bundle;

import android.view.View;

import android.widget.Toast;




public abstract class ActionBarAppActivity extends Activity 

{

    /** Called when the activity is first created. */

    @Override

    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) 

    {

        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        //setContentView(R.layout.main);

    }

    

    public void onAbout(View v)

    {

     Toast.makeText (getApplicationContext(),"This is a Sample App that displays use of Action Bar" , Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show ();

    }

    

    public void onSearch(View v)

    {

     startActivity (new Intent(getApplicationContext(), SearchActivity.class));

    }

    

    public void onHome (View v)

    {

     return2Home(this);

    }

    

    public void return2Home(Context context)

    {

        final Intent intent = new Intent(context, HomeActivity.class);

        intent.setFlags (Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);

        context.startActivity (intent);

    }

}

Download full Source code: ActionBar.zip

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