added in version 24.1.0
belongs to Maven artifact com.android.support:appcompat-v7:28.0.0-alpha1

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AppCompatDelegate

public abstract class AppCompatDelegate
extends Object

java.lang.Object
↳	android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegate

This class represents a delegate which you can use to extend AppCompat's support to any Activity.

When using an AppCompatDelegate, you should call the following methods instead of the Activity method of the same name:

The following methods should be called from the Activity method of the same name:

An Activity can only be linked with one AppCompatDelegate instance, therefore the instance returned from create(Activity, AppCompatCallback) should be retained until the Activity is destroyed.

Summary

Constants
`int`	`FEATURE_ACTION_MODE_OVERLAY` Flag for specifying the behavior of action modes when an Action Bar is not present.
`int`	`FEATURE_SUPPORT_ACTION_BAR` Flag for enabling the support Action Bar.
`int`	`FEATURE_SUPPORT_ACTION_BAR_OVERLAY` Flag for requesting an support Action Bar that overlays window content.
`int`	`MODE_NIGHT_AUTO` Mode which means to use night mode when it is determined that it is night or not.
`int`	`MODE_NIGHT_FOLLOW_SYSTEM` Mode which uses the system's night mode setting to determine if it is night or not.
`int`	`MODE_NIGHT_NO` Mode which means to not use night mode, and therefore prefer `notnight` qualified resources where available, regardless of the time.
`int`	`MODE_NIGHT_YES` Mode which means to always use night mode, and therefore prefer `night` qualified resources where available, regardless of the time.

Public methods
`abstract void`	`addContentView(View v, ViewGroup.LayoutParams lp)` Should be called instead of `addContentView(android.view.View, android.view.ViewGroup.LayoutParams)`}
`abstract boolean`	`applyDayNight()` Allow AppCompat to apply the `night` and `notnight` resource qualifiers.
`static AppCompatDelegate`	`create(Dialog dialog, AppCompatCallback callback)` Create a `AppCompatDelegate` to use with `dialog`.
`static AppCompatDelegate`	`create(Activity activity, AppCompatCallback callback)` Create a `AppCompatDelegate` to use with `activity`.
`abstract View`	`createView(View parent, String name, Context context, AttributeSet attrs)` This should be called from a `LayoutInflater.Factory2` in order to return tint-aware widgets.