Setting buttons not visible when working with api level 8

Question

The setting button is there when I am creating my project with min sdk version 14 or more but I need it to be 8 for android 2.2

Answer 1

you need third party library actionbarsherlock below link for more details:

http://actionbarsherlock.com/

and it's support android 2.2 to higher all same gui's based on ics or honeycomb!

Answer 2

The "setting button" is part of ActionBar design pattern introduced in Honeycomb (Android 3.0). If you want if for older devices, you can use ActionBarSherlock or ActionBarCompat (announced by Google at IO 2013 but still unreleased).