ActionBarActivity with ActionBarDrawerToggle - Not using drawerImageRes

I'm still investigating what I missed and will update this answer accordingly. Though as @kaedill mentions it is possible using the support libraries.

Here is a full copy of the Google example, edited by myself to use the support libraries.

public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {    private DrawerLayout mDrawerLayout;    private ListView mDrawerList;    private ActionBarDrawerToggle mDrawerToggle;    private CharSequence mDrawerTitle;    private CharSequence mTitle;    private String[] mPlanetTitles;    @Override    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);        mTitle = mDrawerTitle = getTitle();        mPlanetTitles = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.planets_array);        mDrawerLayout = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);        mDrawerList = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.left_drawer);        // set a custom shadow that overlays the main content when the drawer opens        mDrawerLayout.setDrawerShadow(R.drawable.drawer_shadow, GravityCompat.START);        // set up the drawer's list view with items and click listener        mDrawerList.setAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,                R.layout.drawer_list_item, mPlanetTitles));        mDrawerList.setOnItemClickListener(new DrawerItemClickListener());        // enable ActionBar app icon to behave as action to toggle nav drawer        getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);        getSupportActionBar().setHomeButtonEnabled(true);        // ActionBarDrawerToggle ties together the the proper interactions        // between the sliding drawer and the action bar app icon        mDrawerToggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(                this,                  /* host Activity */                mDrawerLayout,         /* DrawerLayout object */                R.drawable.ic_drawer,  /* nav drawer image to replace 'Up' caret */                R.string.drawer_open,  /* "open drawer" description for accessibility */                R.string.drawer_close  /* "close drawer" description for accessibility */                ) {            public void onDrawerClosed(View view) {                getSupportActionBar().setTitle(mTitle);                supportInvalidateOptionsMenu(); // creates call to onPrepareOptionsMenu()            }            public void onDrawerOpened(View drawerView) {                getSupportActionBar().setTitle(mDrawerTitle);                supportInvalidateOptionsMenu(); // creates call to onPrepareOptionsMenu()            }        };        mDrawerLayout.setDrawerListener(mDrawerToggle);        if (savedInstanceState == null) {            selectItem(0);        }    }    @Override    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {        MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();        inflater.inflate(R.menu.main, menu);        return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);    }    /* Called whenever we call invalidateOptionsMenu() */    @Override    public boolean onPrepareOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {        // If the nav drawer is open, hide action items related to the content view        boolean drawerOpen = mDrawerLayout.isDrawerOpen(mDrawerList);        menu.findItem(R.id.action_websearch).setVisible(!drawerOpen);        return super.onPrepareOptionsMenu(menu);    }    @Override    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {         // The action bar home/up action should open or close the drawer.         // ActionBarDrawerToggle will take care of this.        if (mDrawerToggle.onOptionsItemSelected(item)) {            return true;        }        // Handle action buttons        switch(item.getItemId()) {        case R.id.action_websearch:            // create intent to perform web search for this planet            Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_WEB_SEARCH);            intent.putExtra(SearchManager.QUERY, getSupportActionBar().getTitle());            // catch event that there's no activity to handle intent            if (intent.resolveActivity(getPackageManager()) != null) {                startActivity(intent);            } else {                Toast.makeText(this, R.string.app_not_available, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();            }            return true;        default:            return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);        }    }    /* The click listner for ListView in the navigation drawer */    private class DrawerItemClickListener implements ListView.OnItemClickListener {        @Override        public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {            selectItem(position);        }    }    private void selectItem(int position) {        // update the main content by replacing fragments        Fragment fragment = new PlanetFragment();        Bundle args = new Bundle();        args.putInt(PlanetFragment.ARG_PLANET_NUMBER, position);        fragment.setArguments(args);        FragmentManager fragmentManager = getSupportFragmentManager();        fragmentManager.beginTransaction().replace(R.id.content_frame, fragment).commit();        // update selected item and title, then close the drawer        mDrawerList.setItemChecked(position, true);        setTitle(mPlanetTitles[position]);        mDrawerLayout.closeDrawer(mDrawerList);    }    @Override    public void setTitle(CharSequence title) {        mTitle = title;        getSupportActionBar().setTitle(mTitle);    }    /**     * When using the ActionBarDrawerToggle, you must call it during     * onPostCreate() and onConfigurationChanged()...     */    @Override    protected void onPostCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {        super.onPostCreate(savedInstanceState);        // Sync the toggle state after onRestoreInstanceState has occurred.        mDrawerToggle.syncState();    }    @Override    public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {        super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);        // Pass any configuration change to the drawer toggls        mDrawerToggle.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);    }    /**     * Fragment that appears in the "content_frame", shows a planet     */    public static class PlanetFragment extends Fragment {        public static final String ARG_PLANET_NUMBER = "planet_number";        public PlanetFragment() {            // Empty constructor required for fragment subclasses        }        @Override        public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,                Bundle savedInstanceState) {            View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_planet, container, false);            int i = getArguments().getInt(ARG_PLANET_NUMBER);            String planet = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.planets_array)[i];            int imageId = getResources().getIdentifier(planet.toLowerCase(Locale.getDefault()),                            "drawable", getActivity().getPackageName());            ((ImageView) rootView.findViewById(R.id.image)).setImageResource(imageId);            getActivity().setTitle(planet);            return rootView;        }    }}

I have tested this and it works as it should on a Gingerbread device.

I am going to go through the changes in my app and figure out what I did wrong.

Update

After a painful dissection of my original code, I ported my code into the working example and a diff showed my error.

@Overrideprotected void onPostCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {    super.onPostCreate(savedInstanceState);    // Sync the toggle state after onRestoreInstanceState has occurred.    mDrawerToggle.syncState();}

My original code had not overridden the onPostCreate method. An annoying little bug to find! Hope it helps someone else out in the future.

You can do it with the support libraries. The only difference I can see from my working version with the ActionbarActivity is a call to super like this:

public void onDrawerClosed(View drawerView){    super.onDrawerClosed(drawerView);    getSupportActionBar().setTitle(mTitle);    supportInvalidateOptionsMenu(); // creates call to onPrepareOptionsMenu()    Log("onDrawerOpened()");}public void onDrawerOpened(View drawerView) {        super.onDrawerOpened(drawerView);        getSupportActionBar().setTitle(mDrawerTitle);        supportInvalidateOptionsMenu(); // creates call to onPrepareOptionsMenu()        Log("onDrawerOpened()");}

Did you copy the ic_drawer drawable from the example to your project? I think yes because the code should no compile without that drawable, but when I've implemented DrawerLayout in my app, I had to copy that drawable inside my resources.