No resource found that matches the given name style Theme AppCompat Light

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I have been on this problem for a couple hours  After downloading a repository from github  the only error in any  xml file is   No resource found that matches the given name   style Theme AppCompat Light    The code is very straightforward  but there is not one straightforward answer I have found  on how to alleviate the error   here is the code  in file res values styles xml      lt style name  AppBaseTheme  parent   style Theme AppCompat Light  gt       lt  -- API 14 theme customizations can go here  -- gt   lt  style gt    The project is located at  https   github com erikswed InstaChatX I am on Windows  using Eclipse Kepler

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What are the steps for that  where is AppCompat located   Download the support library here   http   developer android com tools support-library setup html  If you are using Eclipse   Go to the tabs at the top and select   Windows -  Android SDK Manager    Under the  extras  section  check  Android Support Library  and check it for installation     After that  the AppCompat library can be found at   android-sdk extras android support v7 appcompat   You need to reference this AppCompat library in your Android project   Import the library into Eclipse    Right click on your Android project  Select properties  Click  add     at the bottom to add a library  Select the support library Clean and rebuild your project

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Below are the steps you can try it out to resolve the issue  -   Provide reference of AppCompat Library into your project  If option 1 doesn t solve the issue then you can try to change the style xml file to below code     parent  android Theme Holo Light      instead    parent  android Theme AppCompat Light      But option 2 will require minimum sdk version 14   Hope this will help    Summved

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The steps described above do work  however I ve encountered this problem on IntelliJ IDEA and have found that I m having these problems with existing projects and the only solution is to remove the  appcompat  module  not the library  and re-import it

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If you are looking for the solution in Android Studio     Right click on your app Open Module Settings Select Dependencies tab Click on green   symbol which is on the right side Select Library Dependency  Choose appcompat-v7 from list

[android] No resource found that matches the given name '@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light'

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