Is it possible to use material design when extending Activity class?

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I am building app with the sdk levels (min 19- max 22), And i want to use material design in my app. Should i extend Activity or AppcompatActivity? What is the difference? I know AppcompatActivity is support library for backward compatability, Other than that is there any main difference between both?

extending in Activity? – Abhinav singh Dec 07 '15 at 09:11 — Abhinav singh, Dec 07 '15 at 09:11

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 07 '15 at 09:19

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Extending Activity is deprecated so you should use AppCompatActivity.

answered Dec 07 '15 at 09:19

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Activity is not deprecated. – Daniel Nugent Dec 07 '15 at 20:26
Yes Activity is not deprecated. I checked it. It is not. – Murali krishna Dec 10 '15 at 05:23
@DanielNugent Can u please tell me that what happen when i will use Activity in place of Appcompactivity? I have searched but did not get the solution.Please help me – Ravindra Kushwaha Dec 22 '16 at 16:01

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 07 '15 at 09:33

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Ya we can.Just add the library in the Gradle file and use it in the activity.

answered Dec 07 '15 at 09:33

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I have edited my question. can you please look in to it give some suggestions on it. – Murali krishna Dec 10 '15 at 05:22
Read this topic to understand the difference: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/31297246/activity-appcompatactivity-fragmentactivity-and-actionbaractivity-when-to-us – Sharath Dec 10 '15 at 10:17

Is it possible to use material design when extending Activity class?

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