title: Keep ActionBar Visible in android
body: <p>When showing Actionbar, if user click out the action bar, it automatically closed. I want to keep the ActionBar visible until the user him self close it by swiping or clicking on the actionbar icon. </p>
  
  <p>this an example I had from Internet</p>
  
  <pre><code>  package com.example.android.navigationdrawerexample;
    import java.util.Locale;
    import android.app.Activity;
    import android.app.Fragment;
    import android.app.FragmentManager;
    import android.app.SearchManager;
    import android.content.Intent;
    import android.content.res.Configuration;
    import android.os.Bundle;
    import android.support.v4.app.ActionBarDrawerToggle;
    import android.support.v4.view.GravityCompat;
    import android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout;
    import android.view.LayoutInflater;
    import android.view.Menu;
    import android.view.MenuInflater;
    import android.view.MenuItem;
    import android.view.View;
    import android.view.ViewGroup;
    import android.widget.AdapterView;
    import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
    import android.widget.ImageView;
    import android.widget.ListView;
   import android.widget.Toast;
  
  
   public class MainActivity extends Activity {
  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&lt;String&gt;(this,
              R.layout.drawer_list_item, mPlanetTitles));
      mDrawerList.setOnItemClickListener(new DrawerItemClickListener());
  
      // enable ActionBar app icon to behave as action to toggle nav drawer
      getActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
      getActionBar().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) {
              getActionBar().setTitle("");
              invalidateOptionsMenu(); // creates call to onPrepareOptionsMenu()
          }
  
          public void onDrawerOpened(View drawerView) {
              getActionBar().setTitle("");
              invalidateOptionsMenu(); // 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, getActionBar().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&lt;?&gt; 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 = getFragmentManager();
      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;
      getActionBar().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;
      }
    }
  }
  </code></pre>