No resource found that matches the given name style Theme Holo Light DarkActionBar

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Platform 4 3  API Level 18  AndroidManifest xml    lt uses-sdk     android minSdkVersion  18      android targetSdkVersion  18    gt    values-v14 styles xml      lt resources gt    lt  --     Base application theme for API 14   This theme completely replaces     AppBaseTheme from BOTH res values styles xml and     res values-v11 styles xml on API 14  devices  -- gt   lt style name  AppBaseTheme  parent  android Theme Holo Light  gt   lt  style gt     lt style name  CustomActionBarTheme         parent   style Theme Holo Light DarkActionBar  gt       lt item name  android actionBarStyle  gt  style MyActionBar lt  item gt   lt  style gt    lt style name  MyActionBar         parent   style Widget Holo Light ActionBar Solid Inverse  gt       lt item name  android background  gt  drawable actionbar background lt  item gt   lt  style gt      I am an android newbie Thanks very much

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Make sure you ve set your target API  different from the target SDK  in the Project Properties  not the manifest  to be at least 4 0 API 14

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in addition if you try to use CustomActionBarTheme make sure there is    lt application android theme   style CustomActionBarTheme        gt    in AndroidManifest xml  not    lt application android theme   android style CustomActionBarTheme        gt

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You can change this one   parent attribute   android style Theme Holo Light DarkActionBar

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There is a major error in the tutorials destined for newbies here  http   developer android com training basics actionbar styling html  It is major because it is almost impossible to detect cause of error for a newbie   The error is that this tutorial explicitly states that the tutorial is valid for api level 11  Android 3 0   while in reality this is only true for the theme Theme Holo  without further extensions and variants   But this tutorial uses the the theme Theme holo Light DarkActionBar which is only a valid theme from api level 14  Android 4 0  and above   This is only one of many examples on errors found in these tutorials  which are great in other regards   Somebody should correct these errors this weekend because they are really costly and annoying timethieves  If there is a way I can send this info to the Android team  then please tell me and I will do it  Hopefully  however  they read Stackoverflow   let me suggest  The Android team should consider to put someone newbie to try out all tutorials as a qualification that they are valid    Another error I  and countless other people  have found is that the appcombat backward compliance module really is not working if you strictly follow the tutorials  Error unknown  I had to give up   Regarding the error in this thread  here is a quote from the tutorial text with italics on the mismatch     For Android 3 0 and higher only   When supporting Android 3 0 and higher only  you can define the action bar s background like this        lt resources gt           lt  -- the theme applied to the application or activity -- gt           lt style name  CustomActionBarTheme          parent   style Theme Holo Light DarkActionBar  gt     ERROR1  Only Theme Holo can be used with Android 3 0  Therefore  remove the  Light DarkActionBar etc   ERROR2   style Theme Holo   will not work  It is necessary to write  android style Theme Holo  in order to indicate that it is a built in Theme that is being referenced   A bit strange that  built in  is not the default  but needs to be stated    The compiler advice for error correction is to define api level 14 as minimum sdk  This is not optimal because it creates incompliance to Andreoid 3 0  api level 11   Therefore  I use Theme Holo only and this seems to work fine  a fresh finding  though    I am using Netbeans with Android support  Works nicely

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Do this    android style Theme Holo Light DarkActionBar    You missed the android keyword before style  This denotes that it is an inbuilt style for Android

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The  android did not work for me  When I use android  without the    it works like a charm   Example    lt style name  CustomActionBarTheme         parent  android style Theme Holo Light DarkActionBar  gt

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If you use android studio  this might be useful for you   I had a similar problem and i solved it by changing the skd path from the default C  Program Files  x86  Android android-studio sdk to C  Program Files  x86  Android android-sdk    It seems the problem came from the compiler version  gradle sets it automatically to the highest one available in the sdk folder  which doesn t support this theme  and since android studio had only the api 7 in its sdk folder  it gave me this error   For more information on how to change Android sdk path in Android Studio  Android Studio - How to Change Android SDK Path

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

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