News Stand app makes the ActionBar not boring!
An Android library which implements a glass-like effect for the action bar. The three most commonly used action bar implementations are supported: stock (API >13), ActionBarCompat and ActionBarSherlock.
Android library implementing a fading effect for the action bar, similar to the one found in the Play Music app
An example of how to extend the ActionBar under the status bar from the theme
An extension of the support library designed to facilitate the use of the action bar design pattern across all versions of Android with a single API.