Error retrieving parent for item No resource found that matches the given name after upgrading to AppCompat v23

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I ve always programmed Android with Eclipse and decided to start migrating to Android Studio  I decided to use the same SDK I already had for Eclipse  then    Started a new project Set minimum SDK 4 0  API Level 14  Choose Blank Activity option Used Default names for Activity Name and Layout Name Hit Finish   After a few seconds Gradle finishes the build  and it throws me two errors with the following messages in file Teste4 app build intermediates exploded-aar com android support appcompat-v7 23 0 0 res values-v23 values-v23 xml      Error  2  Error retrieving parent for item  No resource found that matches the given name  android TextAppearance Material Widget Button Inverse           Error  2  Error retrieving parent for item  No resource found that matches the given name  android Widget Material Button Colored      Under File -  Project Structure -  Modules  app  left column  -  Properties tab  I have the following versions set up     Compile Sdk Version   Android 5 1  API Level 22   Build Tools Version   23 0 2   What should I do in order to fix this   I already tried what was suggested in Stack Overflow question appcompat-v7 21 0 0  39   No resource found that matches the given name  attr   39 android actionModeShareDrawable  39   but it didn t work

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If you are getting errors even after downloading the newest SDK and Android Studio, here is what I did:

Download the most recent SDK
Open file-Project structure (Ctrl + Alt + Shift + S)
In modules, select app
In the properties tab: Change compile SDK version to API 23 Android 6.0 marshmallow (latest)

I hope it helps someone so that he won't suffer like I did for these couple of days.

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on module  app  Gradle   apply plugin   com android application   android       compileSdkVersion 21     buildToolsVersion  21 1 2       defaultConfig           applicationId  com namepack nameappxxxxx          minSdkVersion 16         targetSdkVersion 21         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 21 0 3      project  nameAppXXXX  Gradle   buildscript       repositories           jcenter             dependencies           classpath  com android tools build gradle 1 2 3            allprojects       repositories           jcenter             and edit your activity of AppCompatActivity to for example Activity   package com namepack nameappxxxxx    import android os Bundle  import android support v7 app ActionBarActivity  import android view Menu  import android view MenuItem   public class NameClass extends ActionBarActivity         Override     protected void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState            super onCreate savedInstanceState           setContentView R layout main activity

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In my case it was an higher version of Google-play-services  I set them to 7 0 0  not 8 x  and all was ok

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As others have already mentioned your compile sdk version must match your support library s major version  This is however  also relevant for subprojects should you have any   In case you do  you can set your subprojects compile sdk versions with the following script   subprojects   subproject - gt  afterEvaluate      if  subproject plugins hasPlugin  android      subproject plugins hasPlugin  android-library               android               compileSdkVersion rootProject ext compileSdkVersion             buildToolsVersion rootProject ext buildToolsVersion                            Add this script in your root build gradle file

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Everything is great but none of you explained where to download the SDK build tools

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Another solution   navigate to   sdk extras android m2repository com android support appcompat-v7 23 x x   open  aar file with 7-zip or winrar   in res folder remove values-23 folder and save changes

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If you are using phonegap cross-platform  and got same issue above  just remove the android platform using below command  phonegap platform remove android And add it again  phonegap platform add android Then problem solved for me

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You need to set compileSdkVersion to 23   Since API 23 Android removed the deprecated Apache Http packages  so if you use them for server requests  you ll need to add useLibrary  org apache http legacy  to build gradle as stated in this link   android       compileSdkVersion 23     buildToolsVersion  23 0 0                 only if you use Apache packages     useLibrary  org apache http legacy

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If you ve tried to change target to a previous GooglePlayServices or AppCompatv7 version and it doesn t work  check if you have any project-libraries dependency  this project will be targeting the latest version of any of these libraries  It happened to me with the Google Maps Utils Library project   replace   compile  com google android gms play-services      to  compile  com google android gms play-services 8 3 0    Then you can continue full targeting API 22  If it still doesn t compile  sometimes is useful to set compileSdkVersion API to 23 and targetSdkVersion to 22

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When you update your Android Studio  it uses API version 23 by default  which is the main reason for its occurrence  So  At first  check your AppCompat version in build gradle Module app  That is   If after changing to 23 there occurs an error then just download Compile Sdk Version to API 23  and Build Tools Version to 23 0 0 from SDK Manager  If already downloaded then  1  Go to SDK Manager and 2  Under Project Structure  change  Compile SDK Version  to API 23  and  Build Tools Version  to 23 0 0  Click the SDK Manager Button and open the dialog   Click SDK Platform and check if Android 6 0 is downloaded or not  if not  then download that first  After completing the download  click Apply   Now you need to apply changes to your project from setting  Then press Ctrl   Alt   Shift   S to open setting  Click the app from the list  Click properties Change your Compile SDK Version to API 23 Change your Build Tools Version to 23 0 0   Don t forget to rebuild your project  Then your error will be gone

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As pointed out by Tanis 7x  the support library version  23  does not match the targetSdkVersion  22   You can fix this by doing the following    In the build grade file of your app module  change the following line of code  compile  com android support appcompat-v7 23 0 0    To   compile  com android support appcompat-v7 22      This will use the latest version of the appcompat version that is compatible with SdkVersion 22

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This happens because after updates Android Studio uses API version 23 by default   The following worked for me   Press Ctrl   Shift   Alt   S to get to the project structure page   Go to the properties tab and change 23 0 0 to 22 0 1  or equivalent to what you were using earlier  in the build tool area and rebuild your project   If that doesn t work  go to gradle app and then  compile fileTree dir   libs   include      jar    compile  com android support appcompat-v7 22 2 1    Edit v7 23 0 0 to v7 22 2 1 as shown above and sync gradle  This will definitely work

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I got the same problems  I solved my problem by updating gradle build for each sub-module to latest compiler version

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Upgrade Android Studio   I had this issue with Android Studio 1 3 1 and none of the other answers worked for me  but after updating to 1 5 1 there were no problems

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I agree with the previous answer  Your compile SDK version must match the support library  Here is what I did    You can go to SDK Manager and under SDK Platform  install the Android 5 X with API level 23  Under Project Structure  change compile SDK Version to API 23  and Build Tools Version to 23 0 0   Then it should build without problem

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Make sure that all these are in upto date

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You should compile your project with latest version so update  amp  install from your SDK  Sync your project with sync project with Gradle file Button  You can also continue with the existing version but check it installed properly below image indicate to API 22 that is properly installed    And sync your project if needed      it may help

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android       compileSdkVersion 23     buildToolsVersion  23 0 1   defaultConfig       applicationId        minSdkVersion 14     targetSdkVersion 22     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 google code gson gson 2 3 1  compile  com android support recyclerview-v7 23 0 0  compile  com android support appcompat-v7 23 0 1

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Your compile SDK version must match the support library major version  This is the solution to your problem  You can check it easily in your Gradle Scripts in build gradle file  Fx  if your compileSdkVersion is 23 your compile library must start at 23     compileSdkVersion 23     buildToolsVersion  23 0 0      defaultConfig           minSdkVersion 15         targetSdkVersion 23         versionCode 340         versionName  3 4 0        dependencies       compile  com android support appcompat-v7 23 1 0      compile  com android support recyclerview-v7 23 0 1      And always check that your Android Studoi has the supported API Level  You can check it in your Android SDK  like this

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I found the solution  Problem started when I updated sdk  after that I used different buildToolsVersion   22 0 1    and I was using different support library like compile  com android support appcompat-v7 23 0 0   showing you in image below    This was raising problem of  android widget Material     Then I used same version for support library like  compile  com android support appcompat-v7 22 0 1  and its DONE   Showing you in below screenshot

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Your compile SDK version must match the support library s major version   Since you are using version 23 of the support library  you need to compile against version 23 of the Android SDK   Alternatively you can continue compiling against version 22 of the Android SDK by switching to the latest support library v22

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This issue is raised because now the compile SDK version must match the Android Support library s major version  In my case i have the Android Support Library version 23  so i had to compile against the Android SDK version 23  and I had to change this in my build gradle file   Well some of you will need to install the SDK  Android 6 0  API 23   and don  t forget to Sync project with gradle files

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I wanted to downgrade from API 23 to 22 and got this error  I had to change all build gradle files in a project in order to compile   android       compileSdkVersion 22     buildToolsVersion  22 0 1       defaultConfig           applicationId  com yourapp app          minSdkVersion 14         targetSdkVersion 22           dependencies       compile  com android support appcompat-v7 22 2 1      compile  com android support support-v4 22 2 1      compile  com android support design 22 2 1      compile  com google android gms play-services-gcm 10 0 1

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This is what helped me  Adding specific android platform  What should be done is the following    In my case it was cordova but the same is relevant for ionic  phonegap and other frameworks like these    list all platforms installed for your project  cordova platform list  You ll see something like this       remove the android platform  cordova platform remove android  then add the specific android platform  cordova platform add android 5 0 0    Good luck

[android] Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name after upgrading to AppCompat v23

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