Is it possible to put Android ActionBar on the bottom?

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Paulo Barros picture Paulo Barros · Aug 12, 2011 · Viewed 7.7k times · Source

i'm developing an application to an Android Tablet (XOOM), and i would like to know if it is possile to put the action bar on the bottom of the screen, instead of the top (which is the default option).

Thanks.

Answer

jperez picture jperez · Mar 7, 2012

if you're getting your ActionBar in an Activity you could just add this android:uiOptions="splitActionBarWhenNarrow" to your manifest for that specific Activity.

That worked for me :)

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