Question: I know there is a lot of fragmented material on how to do do this all over the internet but I am requesting someone to please give me a step by step guide on how to go from the very beginning, adding the library to adding the code into my Android application / project. 

I like the look of this one: <https://github.com/johannilsson/android-actionbar> but I cannot get it to work properly :/ I have a feeling I'm missing something.

My Application is for Android version 2.2.

Answer: 
I wrote ActionBarSherlock which is an extension of the compatibility library designed to provide a single action bar API which works both with a native implementation on pre-3.0 devices as well as with the native ActionBar on post-3.0. This will allow you to write apps which work as low as Android 1.6 and up through Android 4.0+ without having to worry about shuffling between implementations. The library takes care of applying your API calls and theme across the Honeycomb divide.

You can find more information on <http://actionbarsherlock.com> such as sample applications and documentation.

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/hWI8v.png)
**The ActionBar is in the Support Library now!** 

Find the official documentation [here.](http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/actionbar.html)  

And a video introduction about how to work with it [here.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TGgYqfJnyc)