Android: getSupportActionBar() always returns null in ActionBarSherlock library

Question

I\'m trying to use the ActionBarSherlock library to provide backwards compatible ActionBar support with tabs in my Android app, so I downloaded the latest build, built the d

Answer 1

You should add the Sherlock theme to your application

<application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:debuggable="false" android:theme="@style/Theme.Sherlock">

Answer 2

Another reason you might get null from getSupportActionBar() is trying to call it before setContentView(R.layout.main) or in your example adding a fragment.

I refactored oncreate and mistakenly put getSupportActionBar().setNavigationMode(ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_TABS); after super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);