Android: Putting Search Option in default Title bar

Question

I am new in android app development and I want to put a search option on title bar on some specific activities (not every activity inside the app). How should I start this?

Answer 1

if u start your application in api level 11 or even higher, u can learn actionbar through below link:

https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/actionbar.html

Adding an Action View, for example, SearchView.

For another, if u want implement this function, u can see ActionBarSherlock api to make it compatiable, please follow below link:

http://actionbarsherlock.com/