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Create menu in main layout like in action bar

I want to know is it possible to create menu like this?

Most likely, your screenshot is of an ExpandableListView, or possibly a RecyclerView that uses a library to add expandable contents.

Yes, and it's called Expandable List View.

Markable ListView with changing Actionbar Actions

Im trying to find out how I can mark things in ListViews with a longClick. After I selected one item ,the Actionbar should change with diffrent options (buttons like delete, add , copy etc) which Im able to execute.I really didnt know how I can find these examples because Its a kind unique I guess. I founded threads where I can Mark an Item which gets a diffrent color and nothing else. How can I achieve this ?
Before selecting :
After long click :

Well you can add an onLongClickListener in your ListView or RecyclerView but for each list_item you will have to specify a checkbox that will become visible only when you longClick the ListView.
Then if you do not want to mess up the actionBar with new menu items you can create a context menu that will do your job.
You can use a ListPopupWindow or you can also use a CardView with a contexual menu as shown in the picture here.

Restart/Load another Fragment | Android

I tried implement tab view in my app. This is the code that I used
http://developer.android.com/training/implementing-navigation/lateral.html
I created my fragment and I can go change between them. In the main activity I have menu the default menu (three points up right corner).
My question is how can I make that when I click on button in the menu one tab will be update/refresh/become another framgent, The name and the fragment. (I override onOptionsItemSelected..)
Thanks

If it help for someone. The solution is to use FragmentStatePagerAdapter and not FragmentPagerAdapter.
and manipulate the getItem function.

If I understand you correctly you want to use a menu item to switch to a specific tab, right?
To change to a tab grammatically you can use setSelectedNavigationItem like this:
ActionBar actionBar = getActionBar();
actionBar.setSelectedNavigationItem(0);
//this will put the screen to the first tab (tab at index 0).
If you want to do this with a menu item just put it in onMenuItemSelected.
Let me know if you need me to explain in more detail.
=================EDIT=====================
ah i think i understand, so replace the current tab fragment with another one in its place?
I think you can do that by:
actionBar.removeTabAt(position); //position is the current tab position.
actionBar.addTab(tab, position); //insert a new tab at that position
if its not selected after you insert it, try this:
actionBar.addTab(tab, position, setSelected)
i did not test this, so let me know if it does not work.

Changing the Action bar icon

I'm currently implementing theme support for my application and a part of it is changing the action bar app icon. I want to use a dark icon when Holo Light is selected. Everything is done in the method except for the part where the action bar app icon is set. The code that I'm trying to use is:
getActionBar();
ActionBar.setIcon(R.drawable.my_icon);
"There is no such reference available here" is the error that I'm getting. How should this be done correctly?
BTW my minSdkVersion is 14 so no action bar Sherlock stuff.

getActionBar();
You're throwing the action bar away right there. getActionBar() returns an instance of ActionBar, which you then need to call setIcon() on. Like so:
ActionBar actionBar = getActionBar();
actionBar.setIcon(R.drawable.my_icon);

Though its a bit late answer but i thought it might be useful.
From inside an activity:
For API level 14 or higher:
getActionBar().setIcon(R.drawable.my_icon);
For lower API level we have to extend ActionBarActivity and then:
getSupportActionBar().setIcon(R.drawable.my_icon);
From inside a Fragment:
For API level 14 or higher:
getActivity().getActionBar().setIcon(R.drawable.my_icon);
For lower API level we can use (activity must extend ActionBarActivity):
((ActionBarActivity)getActivity()).getSupportActionBar().setIcon(R.drawable.my_icon);
And in both cases we have to call setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(true) before setting the icon or logo.
((ActionBarActivity)getActivity()).getSupportActionBar().setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(true);
((ActionBarActivity)getActivity()).getSupportActionBar().setIcon(R.drawable.my_icon);

I am using this for my use , and it's working for me. Hope this help all
actionBar.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
actionBar.setHomeAsUpIndicator(R.drawable.icon);

You need to add the drawable that you want to reference into your drawable/ folder under res/.
edit: In your Android installation folder there are a lot of stock images to use. You can probably find it there.

The existing answer is very correct. There is, however, also an alternative.
A minimal approach would be to use
getActionBar().setIcon(R.drawable.my_icon);
Gets your job done right away. :)
Technical Details: Since getActionBar() by default returns an object, you can directly manipulate it without having to receive it in an in-scope object explicitly.

Calling to setIcon wasn't enough for me.
Before that, I had to switch the display from activity logo to activity icon:
actionBar.setDisplayUseLogoEnabled(false);
For the differences between activity icon and logo see Android icon vs logo.

Try this
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
if (getSupportActionBar() != null)
getSupportActionBar().setIcon(R.drawable.your_icon);

Kotlin answer:
In your activity just paste this code.
You need to enable the option first:
supportActionBar?.setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(true)
supportActionBar?.setIcon(R.drawable.your_icon)

Replacing an ActionBar menu item icon with an indeterminate ProgressBar

I would like to add an indeterminate progress bar to the Honeycomb ActionBar, so that any time the user presses "Refresh", the refresh icon temporarily turns into an indeterminate progress bar, until the task completes. The Email app does this already, but I can't figure out how.
Any advice?

To clarify Jon O's answer, the key is to set and unset an action view on the refresh action. This works in both ActionBarSherlock and native 4.x action bar. The following snippet will put the progress indeterminate view on top of the refresh icon, assuming the refresh menu item has ID 'refresh_option' and the replacement layout (which has a ProgressBar) is in layout 'progress_wheel':
MenuItem item = abmenu.findItem(R.id.refresh_option);
LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) getContext().getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
View abprogress = inflater.inflate(R.layout.progress_wheel, null);
item.setActionView(abprogress);
Unset the progress view, and the refresh icon will return to visibility:
item.setActionView(null);
See a more detailed example on github.

Hard to tell exactly how the Email app does it, but you may want to stay simple and just call setIcon with the id of a StateDrawable XML file, and then just change the state using a Timer.

To simplify larham1's answer: you don't even need to inflate new action view itself because MenuItem has the method which accepts id of action layout, so you can simply write:
item.setActionView(R.layout.progress_bar);

It turns out that Google has posted an example of doing exactly this as a part of their broader ActionBarCompat compatibility project. Have a look.

You can easily do it by:
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
switch (item.getItemId()) {
case R.id.action_refresh:
item.setActionView(new ProgressBar(this));
break;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);

I'm using the code provided at the original issue here: https://github.com/JakeWharton/ActionBarSherlock/issues/425
Except for android:layout_width and android:layout_height (in the actionbar_indeterminate_progress.xml) I use 32dp; as this was the way it was done in ActionBarCompat:
http://developer.android.com/resources/samples/ActionBarCompat/res/layout-v11/actionbar_indeterminate_progress.html