Error NoSuchMethodError: com.example.new.MainActivity.getActionBar [duplicate]

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NoSuchMethodError error for getActionBar() (API-8) (6 answers)

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I am writing a app in which i am getting NoSuchMethodError: getActionBar, my app supports minimum 9 API Level.

I am also using android-support-v7-appcompat.jar

java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: com.example.new.MainActivity.getActionBar
at com.example.new.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:48)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1047)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1611)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1663)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1500(ActivityThread.java:117)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:931)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:130)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3683)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:875)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:633)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

Answer 1

With api lower than 11 you need to use support libraries.

For getting action bar use getSupportActionBar().

EDIT

Your activity need to extend ActionBarActivity.