Remove ActionBar in API below 11
android, android-actionbar, java
Solution
When you create a new project with the Eclipse wizard, it creates the theme `AppTheme` for you, which inherits from `AppBaseTheme`. This theme is replaced depending on the API Level. So you can use `android:Theme.Light.NoTitleBar` as your default theme and `android:Theme.Holo.Light.NoActionBar` from API Level 11 upwards.
If you don't care about using Holo, just use `android:Theme.Light.NoTitleBar` as your theme.
Problem
I got few `Activities` that use `"@android:style/Theme.Holo.Light.NoActionBar"` as theme. API levels above 11 work without a problem, but when I set my `minimumSdkVerison` to `"8"` in manifest it tells me that it requires API level 13. If I understood correct there is no `ActionBar` or "Theme.Holo" in API levels below 8, so there will be no `ActionBar` by default, but however if I leave `"@android:style/Theme.Holo.Light.NoActionBar"` out then in API levels above 11 my `Activities` will have the `ActionBar`. Is there any simple way to get rid of `ActionBar` in all the `Activities`? I tried using Sherlock ActionBar, but found it too complicated for my needs, as I only want to get rid of `ActionBar` above API 11 devices.