No resource found - Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar

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I used ActionBar Style Generator, and now trying to use into my app, but getting :

error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name '@style/ Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar'.

i am using android-support-v7-appcompat.jar lib inside libs folder

my target is to make my app compatible 2.3 or above

Convoy answered 20/2, 2014 at 7:19 Comment(3)

did you add the jar to libs folder? – Perceptual 20/2, 2014 at 7:20

yes android-support-v7-appcompat.jar – Convoy 20/2, 2014 at 7:21

@AbrahimNeil : see Can't Find Theme.AppCompat.Light for New Android ActionBar Support maybe help you – Franzoni 20/2, 2014 at 7:26

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AppCompat is a library project. You need to reference the library project in your android project.

Check the topic Adding libraries with resources.

Update

Adding material theme should be the way. Check https://material.io/develop/android/docs/getting-started for more details.

Perceptual answered 20/2, 2014 at 7:21 Comment(11)

already placed android-support-v7-appcompat.jar to libs folder – Convoy 20/2, 2014 at 7:22

@AbrahimNeil that is not the right way. its a library project and hence must be referenced just like google play services – Perceptual 20/2, 2014 at 7:23

when i am importing android-support-v7-appcompat.jar getting Unable to resolve target android-16 is it requires ? – Convoy 20/2, 2014 at 7:36

@AbrahimNeil follow #15804761 assuming you are using eclipse ide – Perceptual 20/2, 2014 at 7:37

i ticked as useful both this and that, my only concern was is it requires ? – Convoy 20/2, 2014 at 7:41

you can check it to 17 if you have or download 16 if you want to. – Perceptual 20/2, 2014 at 7:42

i am just using android 19 :( this even without Google APIs – Convoy 20/2, 2014 at 7:43

let us continue this discussion in chat – Perceptual 20/2, 2014 at 7:43

adding implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:28.0.0', under dependencies solved my problem. – Lever 16/6, 2019 at 17:50

Thanks, Hilal, adding that in the project's Gradle file worked for me. – Overlooker 9/7, 2020 at 5:42

implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.3.0' for androidx – Thinker 25/2, 2021 at 11:42

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If you're using Eclipse, then add the reference library into your project as the following steps:

Right-click your project in the Project Explorer View.
Click Properties.
Click Android in the Properties window.
In the Library group, click Add...
- See the image below.
Select the library. Click OK.
Click the OK button again in the Properties window.

The "Add" button in the project Properties window, Android section, Library group.

Cordy answered 20/2, 2014 at 7:26 Comment(2)

how do you know op is using eclipse not android studio?. the snap posted is for eclipse. – Perceptual 20/2, 2014 at 7:29

@Perceptual sorry forget to mention it – Cordy 20/2, 2014 at 7:31

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If you are using Android Studio then just add the dependency

dependencies {
     implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.0.1'
}

to app/build.gradle. And that will work

Puga answered 13/8, 2015 at 5:58 Comment(3)

Um... it doesn't work... it still won't resolve android:Theme.AppCompat.* in my styles.xml file. – Mutilate 2/1, 2017 at 4:9

I just replaced implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:28.0.0' by implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.0.1' and now it works... but why? – Gifferd 7/3, 2019 at 23:42

@Gifferd I believe Android changed the themes for 28+ and Light.DarkActionBar isn't available anymore. – Yokel 8/5, 2020 at 23:42

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For anyone out there using VS2015, I was getting this error too, and it turns out I hadn't added the library to the project...

Install-Package Xamarin.Android.Support.v7.AppCompat

Shandishandie answered 7/10, 2016 at 14:23 Comment(1)

I got this after starting a fresh project in VS2019 and Building it. Simply doing a "Rebuild Solution" without having to install anything else resolved the errors. – Ancier 3/10, 2019 at 17:30

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If you are using Eclipse just copying android-support-v7-appcompat.jar to libs folder will not work if you are going to use resources.

Follow steps from here for "Adding libraries with resources".

Bagehot answered 20/2, 2014 at 7:26 Comment(0)

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A simple solution - replace contents this file (/res/values/styles.xml) to this is text:

<resources>

<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="android:Theme.Holo.Light.DarkActionBar">
    <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
</style>

Diffluent answered 16/9, 2015 at 11:34 Comment(2)

"Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'AppBaseTheme'." – Scrivener 13/12, 2015 at 19:57

This is not AppCompat. – Verbalism 14/9, 2016 at 18:23

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dependencies {
    implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:28.0.0'
}

compile has been replaced by implementation, don't know why.

Tenpenny answered 4/2, 2019 at 22:40 Comment(1)

This is the solution for me. – Crittenden 21/11, 2019 at 1:11

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In my case, I took an android project from one computer to another and had this problem. What worked for me was a combination of some of the answers I've seen:

Remove the copy of the appcompat library that was in the libs folder of the workspace
Install sdk 21
Change the project properties to use that sdk build
Set up and start an emulator compatible with sdks 21
Update the Run Configuration to prompt for device to run on & choose Run

Mine ran fine after these steps.

Instillation answered 9/3, 2015 at 15:14 Comment(0)

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dependencies {

    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.0.0'

}

This worked for me... in Android Studio...

Skye answered 18/8, 2015 at 21:44 Comment(0)

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Using Visual Studio 2015 (Windows7) + Xamarin had this error and after trying multiple things (installing packages, download android_m2repository_r10.zip...) ended removing the full Xamarin folder inside

C:\Users\<my user>\AppData\Local

After that, Rebuild the application in VS and errors disappeared.

Golda answered 17/2, 2016 at 16:38 Comment(2)

This worked for me :) Note: Using Visual Studio Enterprise. 2017 15.8 Preview 3.0 – Rawalpindi 11/7, 2018 at 6:8

Worked for me as well, using VS 2017. – Criswell 12/5, 2019 at 4:32

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make sure there is a v7 directory in your sdk, I thought having the 'Android Support Library' (in Extras) was sufficient. Turns out I was missing the 'Local Maven repository for Support Libraries (extras;android;m2repository)' Studio found that actually and fixed the gradle dependencies. using gradle to build then worked. $ cat app/build.gradle

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 23
    buildToolsVersion "23.0.2"

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "pat.example.com.gdbdemo"
        minSdkVersion 15
        targetSdkVersion 23
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
     compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.2.1'
}

Effusion answered 19/3, 2016 at 0:17 Comment(0)

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If you are using the Android.mk to build then use the USE_AAPT2, which link in the built resource from the AAR.

Add below line in Android.mk file:

LOCAL_USE_AAPT2 := true

Catherine answered 8/2, 2019 at 0:8 Comment(0)

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Update your SDK in the manager and be sure to include Android support library in extra's
Go to SDK in file explorer (Finder on mac) track down the extra's folder (..\sdk\extras\android\support\v7\appcompat\res\values on Windows). Somewhere in there is a themes.xml and themes_base.xml. Copy both of these files.
In your project paste the files into 'values' directory

Cerallua answered 31/1, 2016 at 8:56 Comment(1)

Copying themes_base.xml into res/values solved the original problem but resulted in other unresolved references. – Scutum 6/5, 2016 at 2:40

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In Eclipse: When importing a support library as a project library following the instructions at Adding Support Libraries, don't forget to check the option "Copy proyects into workspace"!

Septimal answered 22/5, 2015 at 2:33 Comment(0)

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I had this same problem. None of the solutions listed here helped my situation. As it turns out, I was importing the parent folder for a project into Android Studio 1.5, rather than the project folder itself. This threw Gradel into a tizzy. Solution was to import the project folder instead.

Pentacle answered 13/12, 2015 at 22:6 Comment(0)

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If you are using Visual Studio for MAC, fix the problem clicking on Project > Restoring Nutget packages

Glob answered 17/6, 2019 at 4:15 Comment(0)

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In xamarin if you face this issue when you add any new sdk. The simple solution is Open your styles file and add this line.

<style name="AppTheme" parent="android:Theme.Holo.Light.DarkActionBar"></style>

It's better solution rather than adding appcompat.

Selfmoving answered 22/4, 2020 at 4:51 Comment(1)

This would mean that your app would be using the old Android styling, instead of Material Design. – Thorianite 19/3, 2021 at 3:18

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