Adding ActionBar to Android API Level 8 App?

Question

I know there is a lot of fragmented material on how to do do this all over the internet but I am requesting someone to please give me a step by step guide on how to go from the

Answer 1

The ActionBar is in the Support Library now!

Find the official documentation here.

And a video introduction about how to work with it here.

Answer 2

I wrote ActionBarSherlock which is an extension of the compatibility library designed to provide a single action bar API which works both with a native implementation on pre-3.0 devices as well as with the native ActionBar on post-3.0. This will allow you to write apps which work as low as Android 1.6 and up through Android 4.0+ without having to worry about shuffling between implementations. The library takes care of applying your API calls and theme across the Honeycomb divide.

You can find more information on http://actionbarsherlock.com such as sample applications and documentation.