Android action bar and navigation drawer for a new app

Question

I am building an android app and I need to know whether to use action bar sherlock and jfeinstein10 SlidingMenu . As for ABS, I know it was build for apps supporting older versions of the OS, but now I can see that the latest support library include the action bar. Is there any reason why I should use ABS now?

As for the sliding menu, I have tried it before google published the new Navigation Drawer, it worked great and I decided to use it. But now I am not sure if I should use the Navigation drawer instead. Is the sliding menu has any advantage over the navigation drawer?

Thanks in advance,

Eitan.

Answer 1

Go for ActionBarCompat if you are going to make new app. Just have look at Google I/O 2013 - Android Design for UI Developers , these new UI Designs are very well explained and you will come to know about the advantages as well.