Setting up Action Bar Sherlock Library 4.3.1 for Eclipse IDE

Action Bar Sherlock library is used to create action bar and related stuff in pre Honeycomb Android versions.

In this article, we will see how to set up Action Bar Sherlock library ( 4.3.1 ) for Eclipse IDE ( 4.2.0 ) .

1. Download the Action Bar Sherlock library (4.3.1)  from here

2.Extract the downloaded file to a local directory

3. Create new Android Project from existing code

Figure 1 : Create a new Android project from existing code

4. Browse the directory “actionbarshelock” and click Finish

Figure 2 : Browse the directory "actionbarsherlock"

Now, a project is created with the name “actionbarsherlock” and it will be listed in the project explorer.

5. Ensure that, this project is a library project

Right click “actionbarsherlock” in Project  Explorer and click the menu “Properties”. Then in the “Android” tab, tick the checkbox “Is Library” as shown below and click OK.

Figure 3 : Ensure, this is a library project