بجای مشتق گرفتن از  ListActivity از ListView  داخل ActionBarActivity استفاده کنید :

public class MyActivity extends ActionBarActivity {

    ListView listView;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_some);

        listView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.listView);
        MyListviewAdapter listAdapter = new MyListviewAdapter();
        listView.setAdapter(listAdapter);
    }
}

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">

    <ListView
    android:id="@+id/listView"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"/>

</LinearLayout>