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I have used the splitActionBarWhenNarrow in my app to show the action bar in the bottom of the activity

    android:uiOptions="splitActionBarWhenNarrow"

with 

actionBar.setDisplayShowTitleEnabled(false);
actionBar.setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(false);

the thing is , this code works right in my phone with normal screen ( normal = not very large screen )

this is how it looks like

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but here this is how it looks like in a large screen that I tried in my emulator

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what's wrong why the action bar is not in the bottom since I have used splitActionBarWhenNarrow ???

p.s: I'm using the support library for my fragment activity and layout 

import android.support.v7.app.ActionBar;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBar.Tab;
import android.support.v4.view.ViewPager;
boudi
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Split Action Bar when narrow only works when there is limited space available and all action buttons don't fit in the action bar. But since the screen size is large, there is plenty of space and all action buttons fit in action bar so there is no need to split the action bar.

Confuse
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  • so what would you suggest for making all my action buttons at the bottom of the page since large screen have a plenty of space and it will ignore my Split Action Bar ? – boudi Sep 17 '14 at 07:48
  • You can try using tabs – Confuse Sep 17 '14 at 07:51
  • thanks , I found the solution using the tabHost [link](http://stackoverflow.com/a/2710404/4020747) – boudi Sep 17 '14 at 07:54
  • I am not sure I think you can align a custom action bar at bottom. Here is the link - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15518414/how-can-i-implement-custom-action-bar-with-custom-buttons-in-android/15519711#15519711 – Confuse Sep 17 '14 at 07:55