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Android Build an Interactive Story App (Retired) Intents and Multiple Activities Getting Data from an Intent

Grigorij Schleifer
Grigorij Schleifer
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Grigorij Schleifer
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Difference AppCombatActivity vs Activity extension

Hey folks,

can someone explain me the difference of AppCombatActivity vs Activity extension ???

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Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
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Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
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AppCombatActivity is a class in the v7 appcompat library, which is a compatibility library that back ports some features of recent versions of Android to older devices. It enables the use of the ActionBar and Material Design specific implementations like the Toolbar for older devices using versions of Android as old as Android 2.1 (API level 7). So if your app's minSdkVersion is a version that does not support the new features in newer APIs you can use the support library to enable those features. In this case, you have to have all your activities extend AppCombatActivity instead of the Activity base class.