| Support Libraries for Android. |
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| This SDK component contains static libraries providing access to newer APIs |
| on older platforms and various helper classes. |
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| To use those libraries, simply copy them as static libraries into your project. |
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| Each library is called v<api>, indicating the minimum API level that they require. |
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| *** V4 *** |
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| v4/android-support-v4.jar contains: |
| - Fragment API. New in API 11 (3.0 - Honeycomb). http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Fragment.html |
| - Loader API. New in API 11 (3.0 - Honeycomb). http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/LoaderManager.html |
| - CursorAdapter / ResourceCursorAdapter / SimpleCursorAdapter. These are the API 11 versions. |
| - MenuCompat allows calling MenuItem.setShowAsAction which only exists on API 11. |
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| v4/src/ is the source code for the compatibility library |
| v4/samples/ provides a sample app using the library. |
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| *** V13 *** |
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| v13/android-support-v13.jar provides the same features as v4, plus: |
| - FragmentPagerAdapter: Implementation of PagerAdapter that represents each page as a Fragment. |
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| v13/src/ is the source code for the compatibility library, not including the v4 source |
| v13/samples/ provides a sample app using the library. |
