Can t Find Theme AppCompat Light for New Android ActionBar Support

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I am trying to implement the new ActionBar support library that was released by Google a couple days ago   In the past  I have successfully implemented ActionBarSherlock without any issues using the same method listed on Google Developer s Support Library Setup page - using the guide on how to include the resources  which is similar to how ActionBarSherlock did it   I have the library project loaded in to my own project as a library as well   I can tell the library is loading fine  When  instead of extending Activity on my MainActivity java  I changed it to extend ActionBarActivity  as per Google s instructions   no errors occur - and it imports correctly   I even tried bypassing the style xml file and adding  style Theme AppCompat Light directly in to the AndroidManifest xml for both  lt application gt  and  lt activity gt  with android theme   style ThemeAppCompat Light  with all attempts resulting in the same error   Now the issue is I cannot get it to change the theme  let alone even build without throwing an error   Below is the error I am receiving  followed by the style xml file I changed to use the new theme   I have moderate experience working with Android apps and am running Eclipse with the latest version of the Support Libraries and SDK compiling with API 18  Android 4 3    Error Received During Build     error  Error retrieving parent for item  No resource found that matches the given name   style Theme AppCompat Light   styles xml   ActBarTest res values  line 3  Android AAPT Problem   style xml   lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt resources gt       lt style name  Theme ProsoftStudio ACTest  parent   style Theme AppCompat Light  gt       lt  style gt   lt  resources gt    Any suggestions   This was never an issue with ActionBarSherlock  I want to work on using this new support library   It almost seems like the  jar is loading  but not the resources

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For Android Studio 1 2 2  Drop  android  from the parent attribute value    lt style name  AppTheme  parent  Theme AppCompat Light NoActionBar  gt  lt  style gt

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I experienced the same problem as the OP after right-clicking on my project and selecting Close Unrelated Projects   In my case  I resolved the problem by re-opening the appcompat v7 project and cleaning rebuilding both projects

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works    lt style name  MyApp  parent  Theme AppCompat Light  gt   lt  style gt   lt style name  MyApp  parent   style Theme AppCompat Light  gt   lt  style gt   lt style name  Theme AppCompat Light MyApp  gt   lt  style gt

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I have the error message      Error  18  Error retrieving parent for item  No resource found that   matches the given name  Theme AppCompat NoActionBar     with this configuration          compileSdkVersion 23   buildToolsVersion  23 0 1    I have to change the theme from     lt style name  AppTheme  parent  Theme AppCompat NoActionBar   gt    to     lt style name  AppTheme  parent  Theme AppCompat Light NoActionBar   gt

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Its bit late but here is how I get it done in AndroidStudio    Right click on app to goto properties   Go to Dependencies and click on     sign and choose library dependency  Choose appcompat-v7

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I had the same issue and even after importing adding a jar library as mentioned in the answers it would not solve the error  Out of frustration  I just created a new workspace and created a fresh android project and it automatically imported appcompat v7 and there were no errors on clean and build  Didn t have to import a single jar  library manually  Just FYI I am using eclipse Mars 1 Release  4 5 1  and was facing the exact same issue everytime I created a new android project

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If you have added appCompat Library and also have given proper reference of appCompat from SDK location  try  invalidate caches Restart    You can find it from  File  menu in Android Studio

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Follow the steps of  rcdmk  Delete the android support v4 jar in YOUR project  It conflicts with the new updated version found in appcompat

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in eclipse right click on your project-  select build path and then select configure build path  from the window select the jar file that you want and refresh your project

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The accepted solution used to work for me once  but not now  I had to re-create a hello-world of the same kind     in a new workspace  made it compile  and then copied all directories  including  hg and  hgignore  hg diff shows   -        android targetSdkVersion  19    gt           android targetSdkVersion  21    gt   Binary file libs android-support-v4 jar has changed   It looks like Eclipse wants to compile for API 21 and fails to do anything with API 19  Darkly

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It happened to me when Eclipse Luna  AndroidSDK not Android Stduio  were used with the latest tools and library as of Jan  14  2015 during the project like HelloWorld  When I installed those tools and made HelloWorld the first app  I accepted all the defaults  - This is the problem in my case   First  check whether or not the  Android Support Library  library is installed   If not  install it  It is not installed by default   You may do it all in  Android SDK manager  available in the menu    Android SDK Manager -  Extra -  Android Support Library    Blessings   a debtor  lt   lt

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You need to do next    File- gt Import  android-sdk extras android support v7   Choose  AppCompat    Project- gt  properties- gt Android   In  the  section library  Add  and choose  AppCompat    That is all     Note  if  you are  using  android showAsAction  in menu item  you need to change prefix android as in  the example http   developer android com guide topics ui actionbar html

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I did the following in Eclipse with the Android Support Library  APL  project and the Main Project  MP     Ensured both APL and MP had the same minSdkVersion and targetSdkVersion  Added APL as a build dependency for MP    Going into  Properties   Java Build Path  of MP  and then Selecting the  Projects  tab and adding APL   In the properties of MP  under  Android   added a reference to APL under library    1 and 2 got the references to Java classes working fine   however I still saw the error in the manifest xml for MP when trying to reference  style Theme AppCompat Light from APL  This only went away when I performed step 3

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Forget everything  Just use the appcompat library downloaded using the Android Studio  It has all the missing definitions  No matter whether you are using in Eclipse or not

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Quickest solution    right click on the project -   Android tools -  Add support library

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For IntelliJ IDEA or Android Studio   Add this to app gradle build file  dependencies       compile  com android support appcompat-v7 21 0         Replace  -v xx 0   with your build target  if you have 19 platform then it must be like   dependencies       compile  com android support appcompat-v7 19 0

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This is an issue that can happen in Android Studio if you modify Project Structure Modules  In this case you may need to add the dependencies again  In a text editor edit the  build gradle  file to include the required dependencies   dependencies       compile  com android support appcompat-v7        compile fileTree dir   libs   include      jar        This should update your   your project name  iml  file with lib components    lt orderEntry type  library  exported    name  appcompat-v7-19 0 1  level  project    gt

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I had same problem and waste my 4-5 hours for solution  My problem solved with    From SDK manager delete packages  Android Support Library  and   Android Support Repository   Reinstall  Android Support Library  and   Android Support Repository  Remove  android-support-v7-appcompat  or  appcompat v7 what else you have in your project  Import android-support-v7-appcompat from  adt-bundle-windows-x86 64-20140702 sdk extras android support v7 appcompat  Select your project and from file choose properties and find Java Build Path and then from  Project  tab delete what else there and then Add  and you must see  android-support-v7-appcompat    select and add it to Project tab  Check your project properties file below your Project files  you will see like this  target android-21 android library reference 1    android-support-v7-appcompat then check AndroidManifest xml file if target is 21 or what else you choosed  Also check for library reference same as your library that choosed before    Hope you will find your solution

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My issue resolve via following Steps  File- gt Import  android-sdk extras android support v7 appcompat   Right Click Project- gt  properties- gt Android  In the section library  quot Add quot  and choose library appcompat that s include in step 1  Delete all files from project s libs directory  add following file to project s libs directory  lt SDK-PATH gt  extras android support v13android-support-v13 jar Restart Eclipse if required  That s it  Your problem should be disappeared

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I am not sure whether v13 support library was available when this question was posted  but in case someone is still struggling  I have seen that adding android-support-v13 jar will fix everything  This is how I did it    Right click on the project -  Properties Select Java Build Path from from the left hand side table of content Go to Libraries tab Add External jars button and select  lt your sdk path gt  extras android support v13 android-support-v13 jar

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IntelliJ IDEA solution  1  Run Android SDK Manager and install the latest SDK and Android Support Libarary  The version of SDK and Android Support Libarary should be the same  23 in my case  Another variants will give you the errors    2  Change SDK version of your IDEA project to the last one you installed in previous step   ps  you may not use Maven     3  Add new Module from existing sourse to your IDEA project    4  Add AppCompat project      Should be under the last SDK too    ps  Say  quot Yes quot  anywhere in process of this step   5  Open settings of your main Project Module and add to it next 3 dependecies  5 1   Module Dependency  Chose android-support-v7-appcompat  5 2  2 pc  Library Dependencies  Add android-sdk extras android support v7 appcompat libs android-support-v4 jar and android-support-v4 android-support-v7-appcompat jar  In total it will be   6  Very important     Add theme with prefix  style  not another      Android Studio solution  1  Run Android SDK Manager and install the latest SDK and Android Support Libarary  The version of SDK and Android Support Libarary should be the same  23 in my case  Another variants will give you the errors    2  Add next to build gradle dependencies       compile  com android support appcompat-v7 23 0 1       P S  If you are new in Android developing  I strongly recomend you move to Android Studio  amp  Gradle right now - you will get the simplest way of managing your android app

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you need reference  ANDROID SDK extras android support v7 appcompat

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In my case the problem occurred since I wanted to use a SDK that doesnt include the required library  When I increased the min  SDK level the problem dissappeared  Of course directly including the library s itself  should remove the error as well

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For Android Studio or IntelliJ  all you need to do is update your dependencies in gradle build  I used the following   dependencies       compile fileTree dir   libs   include      jar        compile  com android support appcompat-v7 21 0 2

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I will share my experience with this problem  I was going crazy because of this  but I found out that the problem was a bug with Eclipse itself  rather than my code  In eclipse  unable to reference an android library project in another android project  So  if you have the Android Support Library in your C  drive and your project in the D  drive on your computer  Eclipse won t function correctly and won t know where the Android Support Library is  green tick turns into red cross   To solve this  you need to move both projects onto the same hard drive

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You had better make new project with any name   then use appcompat v7 that program make new    Right Click Project- gt  properties- gt Android   In the section library Add and choose library appcompat

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If  like me  you are following the Android tutorial on http   developer android com training basics actionbar setting-up html and keep getting this error  try to change the AppBaseTheme style in all styles xml files  In detail    In file res values styles xml change the line    lt style name  AppBaseTheme  parent  android Theme Light  gt    to    lt style name  AppBaseTheme  parent   style Theme AppCompat Light  gt   In file res values-v11 styles xml change the line    lt style name  AppBaseTheme  parent  android Theme Holo Light  gt    to    lt style name  AppBaseTheme  parent   style Theme AppCompat Light  gt   In file res values-v14 styles xml change the line    lt style name  AppBaseTheme  parent  android Theme Holo Light DarkActionBar  gt    to    lt style name  AppBaseTheme  parent   style Theme AppCompat Light DarkActionBar  gt     Now the application should run fine

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I dont know how many of you noticed this  Support library  appcompat v7  and your project should be in a same directory I mean workspace directory   Dont clean your project until its error free else you will have tough time with R java

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Since the Import dialouge is different in Android Studio 1 0 1  I could t get Svyatoslav Lobachs version to work   Instead I downloaded  Android Support Repository  in the SDK Manager  Then added  dependencies       compile  com android support appcompat-v7 18 0        to build gradle  Worked for me

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http   developer android com tools support-library setup html has a bug  In Property- Java build path-  Project  and  Order and Export   there should not be any jar s  Removing them  and checking  Android Private Libraries  and  Android Dependencies  solved my problem

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I made a really silly mistake for this  When I was getting same error every time i could not figure out what was wrong  then it clicked me that once I have closed all the projects in my work space and that was the time since all the problems started  SO just check whether your  appcompat v7  is not closed  If it is  then open the project by double click and then clean and build your project again  In my case the errors were gone  Happy coding

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