Major Update To Android Support Library 22.1 Introduces AppCompatActivity, Adds Major Theming Improvements And Tons Of Backward Compatibility

At one time in history, building an app that gave a consistent experience across all (or most) versions of Android was nearly impossible without dedicating a lot of time and effort. Thanks to the Android Support Library (a.k.a. AppCompat), it’s easy to use some of the most important and commonplace user interface elements on versions of Android going as far back as Donut and Éclair. A fresh update for AppCompat was just released, bringing it to v22.1, and it introduces some really big changes.

Major Update To Android Support Library 22.1 Introduces AppCompatActivity, Adds Major Theming Improvements And Tons Of Backward Compatibility was written by the awesome team at Android Police.