a simple example for slidingmenu ,you don't need to depend on actionbarsherlock; in github there have a famous open source android library named SlidingMenu. if you want to konw link here : https://github.com/jfeinstein10/SlidingMenu
if you want to use SlidingMenu,you must get actionbarsherlock first. i konw some developers may only use a little function, they feel the slidingMenu is too big;
if you were one of these developers you can use EasySlidingMenu;
I use 3 java file from slidingMenu: CustomViewAbove.java,CustomViewBehind.java SlidingMenu.java these 3 java file are necessary, and the forth file SimpleListFragment.java, your can replace this file with your own Fragment;
Thanks for SlidingMenu 's author Jeremy Feinstein .