android minimum and target SDK

Question

I have a very basic question.

I have a project which has minSDKVersion set to 8 and targetSDK version as 16 . Now one of the methods I used setActionView() using this link .

requires a min API level of 11 . I just want to know if it'll work in version 2.2 or not?? Or if there is a way to support previous devices?I want to use collapsible action item which requires the use of 'setActionView()'. Is there any other way to use this?

Answer 1

If it says this feature requires a minimum API level that is greater than what you set in your manifest, you will have trouble using this feature in these older devices. But check Android support library . This may help you support these devices.

Answer 2

if you are using MenuItem com.actionbarsherlock.view.MenuItem. setActionView (View view) then the support for the same should be there in library and will work on 2.2 .

Answer 3

您可能还想查看ActionBarCompat，为您提供此功能...（请参阅此链接 ）

Answer 4

When using android appcompact actionbar library, you could use setActionView with SupportMenuItem.So your code should be like

private SupportMenuItem menuItem=(SupportMenuItem) menu.findItem(R.id.menu_refresh);
menuItem.setActionView(R.layout.progressbar);

Answer 5

您可以使用支持库来做到这一点： MenuItemCompat.setActionView(yourMenuItem, R.layout.your_view);