Navigation Drawer For Android API-8

Question

I'm implementing an app that uses "Side menu" like the FB Application. The "Navigation Drawer" is customized for Applications that runs APIs > 11, and my app is intended to be used by any device, even if API < 11, So, I'm using the ActionBarSherloc, and replaced the normal Menu, MenuItem, and MenuInflater with Sherloc equivalents, and extended SherlocFragmentActivity.

But for now, i still got an Error inside the "" method :

@Override
    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
        // The action bar home/up action should open or close the drawer.
        // ActionBarDrawerToggle will take care of this.
        if (mDrawerToggle.onOptionsItemSelected((android.view.MenuItem) item)) {
            return true;
        }
        // Handle action buttons
        switch (item.getItemId()) {
        case R.id.action_websearch:
            // create intent to perform web search for this planet
            Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_WEB_SEARCH);
            intent.putExtra(SearchManager.QUERY, getSupportActionBar()
                    .getTitle());
            // catch event that there's no activity to handle intent
            if (intent.resolveActivity(getPackageManager()) != null) {
                startActivity(intent);
            } else {
                Toast.makeText(this, R.string.app_not_available,
                        Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
            }
            return true;
        default:
            return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
        }
    }

In the "if-Statment"...

if (mDrawerToggle.onOptionsItemSelected((android.view.MenuItem) item)) {
            return true;
        }

if i used "(android.view.MenuItem) item)"...the method throws an exception for the type, and if i replaced it with "com.actionbarsherlock.view.MenuItem"...the method still got an Error of "The method onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem) in the type ActionBarDrawerToggle is not applicable for the arguments (MenuItem)".

Any help..?! Thanks in advance,

I think you might want to take a quick look at the official support library that includes the navigation drawer, fragment, and action bar support for APIs < 11. See http://developer.android.com/training/implementing-navigation/nav-drawer.html and http://developer.android.com/tools/support-library/features.html#v7-appcompat — MagicMicky, Dec 30 '13 at 14:54
@MagicMicky I did that, but i still don't know what is the best replacement for "getActionBar()". — Eslam Yousef Mohammed, Dec 30 '13 at 15:08
Well, if you are using AppCompat, you need to call getSupportActionBar() instead of getActionBar() if that's what you want to do. — MagicMicky, Dec 30 '13 at 15:28
@MagicMicky I'm extending "Activity" and calling "getSupportActionBar()"..and got an Error for "The method getSupportActionBar() is undefined for the type MainActivity"...do i need to extend something except "android.app.Activity"..? — Eslam Yousef Mohammed, Dec 30 '13 at 15:38
Yeap you need to extend ActionBarActivity. And be sure to add appCompat as a dependency in your `build.gradle`. Read this for more information on AppCompat and its actionbar: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/actionbar.html#Adding — MagicMicky, Dec 30 '13 at 15:40
@MagicMicky what's the suitable replacment of calling "invalidateOptionsMenu" method..?!!, as it's >=API-11. — Eslam Yousef Mohammed, Dec 31 '13 at 09:03
`supportInvalidateOptionsMenu` seems to do it http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14008470/android-invalidateoptionsmenu-for-api-11 — MagicMicky, Dec 31 '13 at 16:30

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 30 '13 at 15:12

ActionBarSherlock is a wrapper around the compatibility library that Android includes. You can certainly use ABS, as it simplifies handling of action bars, but it's not necessary for just doing a NavigationDrawer.

If you have the latest KitKat (sdk 19) look in your <SDK_HOME>/extras/android/support/v4/ folder there is a android-support-v4.jar which contains among other things the appropriate DrawerLayout for doing exactly what you want. If you include this library in your project you can run it fine.

This project demonstrates use of the NavigationDrawer without using ABS. You will have to make two changes to the Manifest to have it run on API v8.

Change the minSdkVersion: <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" android:targetSdkVersion="19" />
Remove the theme: android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Light.DarkActionBar"

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 30 '13 at 16:39

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If you are using the support library, try using getSupportMenuInflater() and getSupportActionBar() instead of the regular methods.

answered Dec 30 '13 at 16:39

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Navigation Drawer For Android API-8

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