[android] Failed to load AppCompat ActionBar with unknown error in android studio

Below is my xml file. In preview there is two error'Failed to load AppCompat ActionBar with unknown error' & 'Failed to instaniate more than one class'. How ever am able to run the app.But the app crashes and in Logcat no errors are shown.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:id="@+id/drawer_layout"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
    tools:openDrawer="start">


    <include
        layout="@layout/app_bar_main"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="506dp" />

    <LinearLayout
        android:id="@+id/layout_main"
        android:orientation="vertical"
        xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
        xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:weightSum="1"
        tools:context=".Activity.MainActivity">


    <LinearLayout
        android:id="@+id/main_layout"
        android:orientation="vertical"
        xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
        xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_weight="0.7"
        tools:context=".Activity.MainActivity">

        <!-- our tablayout to display tabs  -->
        <android.support.design.widget.TabLayout
            android:id="@+id/tabLayout"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_marginTop="50dp"
            app:tabMode="scrollable"
            app:tabSelectedTextColor="@color/colorBlack"
            app:tabTextColor="@color/colorWhite"
            android:background="@color/colorOran"
            android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize"
            />

        <!-- View pager to swipe views -->
        <android.support.v4.view.ViewPager
            android:id="@+id/pager"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"/>

    </LinearLayout>

        <LinearLayout
            android:id="@+id/ll"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="64dp"
            android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
            android:background="#ffffff"
            android:orientation="horizontal"
            android:layout_weight="0.3"
            android:weightSum="4"
            tools:layout_editor_absoluteX="8dp"
            android:layout_marginBottom="8dp"
            android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
            android:layout_alignParentStart="true">

            <ImageView
                android:id="@+id/btn_home"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="match_parent"
                android:layout_weight="1"
                android:src="@drawable/ta_home_icon"
                android:background="@color/colorOran"
                android:layout_marginRight="1dp"
                android:scaleType="fitCenter"/>

            <ImageView
                android:id="@+id/btn_new"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="match_parent"
                android:layout_weight="1"
                android:src="@drawable/ta_todaydeals_icon"
                android:background="@color/colorOran"
                android:layout_marginRight="1dp"
                android:scaleType="fitCenter"/>

            <ImageView
                android:id="@+id/btn_fav"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="match_parent"
                android:layout_weight="1"
                android:src="@drawable/ta_fav_icon"
                android:background="@color/colorOran"
                android:layout_marginRight="1dp"
                android:scaleType="fitCenter"/>

            <ImageView
                android:id="@+id/btn_auth"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="match_parent"
                android:layout_weight="1"
                android:src="@drawable/ta_franchie_icon"
                android:background="@color/colorOran"
                android:scaleType="fitCenter"
                android:layout_marginRight="1dp"
                />

        </LinearLayout>

    </LinearLayout>


    <android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
        android:id="@+id/nav_view"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_gravity="start"
        android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
        app:headerLayout="@layout/nav_header_main"
        app:menu="@menu/activity_main_drawer" />


</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>

Below is appbar_main

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context="com.jeyashri.kitchen.jeyashriskitchen.Activity.MainActivity">

    <android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme.AppBarOverlay">


        <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
            android:id="@+id/toolbar"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
            android:background="@color/colorOran"
            app:popupTheme="@style/AppTheme.PopupOverlay">

            <ImageView
                android:id="@+id/app_logo"
                android:layout_width="80dp"
                android:layout_height="match_parent"
                android:src="@drawable/img"/>

            <ImageView
                android:id="@+id/btn_social"
                android:layout_width="75dp"
                android:layout_height="35dp"
                android:layout_marginRight="1dp"
                android:src="@drawable/share_icon" />

    </android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar>

    </android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>

    <include layout="@layout/content_main" />


</android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>

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The answer is


Faced the same problem in Android Studio 3.1.3

Just go to style.xml file

and replace Theme name

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">

with

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Base.Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">

Then clean and rebuild the project.This will solve the error.


Use this one:

implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:26.0.0-beta1'
implementation 'com.android.support:design:26.0.0-beta1'

instead of

implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:26.0.0-beta2'
implementation 'com.android.support:design:26.0.0-beta2'

In my case it removed the rendering problem.


I also had this problem with implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:28.0.0-alpha3'.

The solution for me was to go File -> Invalidate Caches / Restart -> Invalidate -> Close Project -> Remove project from project window -> Open Project (from project window).


I also had this problem and it's solved as change line from res/values/styles.xml

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">

to

  1. <style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
  2. <style name="AppTheme" parent="Base.Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">

both solutions worked


Replace implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:28.0.0-beta01' with

implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:28.0.0-alpha1' 

in build.gradle (Module:app). It fixed my red mark in Android Studio 3.1.3


found it on this site, it works on me. Modify /res/values/styles.xml from:

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
</style>

to:

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Base.Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
</style>

Method 1:

Locate /res/values/styles.xml

Change

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">

To

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Base.Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">

Method 2:

Modify template file(locate: android-studio/plugins/android/lib/templates/gradle-projects/NewAndroidModule/root/res/values/styles.xml.ftl)

Change

backwardsCompatibility!true>Theme.AppCompat<#else><#if

To

backwardsCompatibility!true>Base.Theme.AppCompat<#else><#if

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Solution


This is Worked for me i have made the following changes in Style.xml

Change the Following Code:

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">

With

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Base.Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">

Try this:

Just change:

compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:26.0.0-beta2'

to:

compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:26.0.0-beta1'

Reference


This is the minimum configuration that solves the problem.

use:

dependencies {
    ...
    implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:26.1.0'
    ...
}

with:

 compileSdkVersion 26
 buildToolsVersion "26.0.1"

and into the build.gradle file located inside the root of the proyect:

buildscript {
    ...
    ....
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.0.1'
        ...
        ...
    }
}

Open preview mode

follow the below link to fix the issue

Fix - Rendering Problems The Following classes could not be found : android.support.v7.internal

goto appTheme ----> select Holo Theme ---> refresh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MxBnwpcUjA


June 2018 Issue fixed by using a different appcompact version. Use these codes onto your project dependencies...

In build.gradle(Module: app) add this dependency

implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:28.0.0-alpha1'

Happy Coding... :)


I was also facing the same problem. Nothing like changing theme from Layout preview window helped me.

What helped me was adding this to Apptheme in styles.xml:

dependencies {
    implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:27.0.2'
    implementation 'com.android.support:design:27.0.2'
}

Still it was giving me the error: "cannot resolve symbol widget...coordinatorLayout". Then I updated my build.gradle(app) with:

dependencies {
    implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:27.0.2'
    implementation 'com.android.support:design:27.0.2'
}

One more thing:

compileSdkVersion 27
targetSdkVersion 27

in android 3.0.0 canary 6 you must change all 2.6.0 beta2 to beta1 (appcompat,design,supportvector)