1page.tags="ActionBar", "UI", "Compatibility", "Support Library" 2sample.group=Input 3@jd:body 4 5<p>This sample shows how to use the action bar design pattern on pre-API 11 devices and the built-in 6<a href="../../../reference/android/app/ActionBar.html">ActionBar</a> on devices supporting API 711 or greater. The example 'compatible' action bar, instantiated on pre-Android 3.0 devices, 8uses the same <a href="../../../guide/topics/resources/menu-resource.html">menu resource</a>-based 9action item definition mechanism as the new framework API, even supporting the 10<code>android:showAsAction</code> attribute to a limited extent.</p> 11 12<img alt="" src="../images/ActionBarCompat1.png" height="320" /> 13<img alt="" src="../images/ActionBarCompat2.png" height="320" />