difference between Activity and ActionBarActivity?

Question

public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity

public class MainActivity extends Activity

Earlier, while I was using the eclipse IDE, the first Java file generated had a Class that inherits from Activity. However, In android studio , it is ActionBarActivity, and how does both of these differ? why does it inherit from ActionBarActivity rather than Activity?

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 10 '15 at 10:59

When you use ActionBarActivity it uses the android Support Library which means you have more coverage on older devices i.e devices api level 7 and up.

Have a read here where it is explained in a bit more detail.

https://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/v7/app/ActionBarActivity.html

difference between Activity and ActionBarActivity?

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