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This is more developer related, but one of the biggest news is a backwards compatible ActionBar in the official support library. All that's left to say is a big

This is more developer related, but one of the biggest news is a backwards compatible ActionBar in the official support library. All that's left to say is a big, enormous thank you to Jake Wharton for keeping us all sane until now. Edit: The video about the ActionBarCompat is available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TGgYqfJnyc#at=20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TGgYqfJnyc#at=20 Seems largely identical to ABS in its implementation, which makes sense.

jknightco 13y ago
Seriously, this might be the most important change in the list. Jake's work has been incredible, but having this provided by the support library is a huge improvement to Android development.
kumarm 13y ago
Absolutely ActionBarCompat is the best addition to 4.3. Thanks for the video link.
- luke_s 13y ago
  Um, its worth nothing that ActionBarCompat is not an addition to 4.3. Its an addition to the support library. If you include the support library in your project and you can use features from 4.3, such as fragments, and the action bar all the way back to android 1.6. The support library is a backport of modern functionality. This is part of googles approach to addressing fragmentation on the Android platform.
  - ZoFreX 13y ago
    Small correction, the support library which has ActionBarCompat only goes back to 2.1 (each version has a number representing the API version it supports, in this case v7)
archivator 13y ago
Personally, I'm still really annoyed that Espresso - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7ugmCuNxDU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7ugmCuNxDU - hasn't been released!
jordanthoms 13y ago
I started using this today, and it's great. Even works immediately with ActionBarDrawerToggle, which is awesome.
Kiro 13y ago
When do you use the Action Bar? Never seen an app with it.
- ed209 13y ago
  I think you might be confusing it with something else. It's pretty much in every app http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/actionbar.html http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/actionbar.html

jknightco 13y ago

Seriously, this might be the most important change in the list. Jake's work has been incredible, but having this provided by the support library is a huge improvement to Android development.

kumarm 13y ago

Absolutely ActionBarCompat is the best addition to 4.3. Thanks for the video link.

luke_s 13y ago
Um, its worth nothing that ActionBarCompat is not an addition to 4.3. Its an addition to the support library. If you include the support library in your project and you can use features from 4.3, such as fragments, and the action bar all the way back to android 1.6. The support library is a backport of modern functionality. This is part of googles approach to addressing fragmentation on the Android platform.
- ZoFreX 13y ago
  Small correction, the support library which has ActionBarCompat only goes back to 2.1 (each version has a number representing the API version it supports, in this case v7)

archivator 13y ago

Personally, I'm still really annoyed that Espresso - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7ugmCuNxDU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7ugmCuNxDU - hasn't been released!

jordanthoms 13y ago

I started using this today, and it's great. Even works immediately with ActionBarDrawerToggle, which is awesome.

Kiro 13y ago

When do you use the Action Bar? Never seen an app with it.

ed209 13y ago
I think you might be confusing it with something else. It's pretty much in every app http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/actionbar.html http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/actionbar.html