I've been reading up on Material Design using @corwin42 how to guides and I believe it is now preferred to use a ToolBar instead of the stdActionBar. And with this I think it is possible to hide the ToolbarBar.
I've only just started looking into it so I'm not 100% sure. If you search for "Material" you will find all 4 parts. It's worthwhile starting from the first one!
Yes that appcompat is just that in material design guides. I have made a some progress here in one month but still I read this foorum many hours a day =)
This is with appcompat,jfeinstein10 sliding menu and customlistview. Still need to switch colors and add pictured front of texts. I have no idea yet but trial and error =)
So I think this is propaply the normal way how menu works with toolbar:
Same here and I think that I am also working on a similar project, at least for the moment!
It looks to me like the jfeinstein10 library maybe the best option and a toolbar as explained in the material design tutorial (Material Design 3 - Using a ToolBar as ActionBar)
With the new Toolbar it is possible by code to hide or show the toolbar and by using the jfeinstein10 library I have just found that it is possible to fire an event when a menu is opened...jfeinstein10 SlidingMenu library
I've not got it all fully working yet but think that it is the correct approach. Unless one of the B4A experts can suggest a better method?