if someone uses com.android.support:appcompat-v7: and AppCompatActivity as activity then this works
android.support.v7.app.ActionBar actionbar=((AppCompatActivity)getActivity()).getSupportActionBar(); if(actionbar==null) Toast.makeText(getActivity(), "NULL", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); else Toast.makeText(getActivity(), "Not NULL", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();