Error in styles base xml file - android app - No resource found that matches the given name android Widget Material ActionButton

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Ok   so im a beginner in android development and I just created the hello world app  But it s giving me errors in styles base xml file of appcompat v7 library      error  Error retrieving parent for item  No resource found that   matches the given name    android Widget Material ActionButton     styles base xml  appcompat v7 res values-v21   AAPT Problem   How do i take care of this error  Also why is the appcompat v7 library being used when I don t want it  I mean how do I create the hello world app without using the appcompat v7 library   This is the styles base xml file which is giving the above error      lt resources gt    lt  -- Like in themes base xml  the namespace    AppCompat Base  is used to  define base styles for the platform version  The    AppCompat   variants are for direct use or use as parent styles by the app  -- gt   lt eat-comment  gt    lt style name  Base Widget AppCompat ActionBar TabView         parent  android Widget Material ActionBar TabView  gt   lt  style gt    lt style name  Base Widget AppCompat Light ActionBar TabView         parent  android Widget Material Light ActionBar TabView  gt   lt  style gt    lt style name  Base Widget AppCompat ActionBar TabText         parent  android Widget Material ActionBar TabText  gt   lt  style gt    lt style name  Base Widget AppCompat Light ActionBar TabText         parent  android Widget Material Light ActionBar TabText  gt   lt  style gt    lt style name  Base Widget AppCompat Light ActionBar TabText Inverse         parent  android Widget Material Light ActionBar TabText  gt   lt  style gt    lt style name  Base TextAppearance AppCompat Widget ActionBar Menu         parent  android TextAppearance Material Widget ActionBar Menu  gt   lt  style gt    lt style name  Base TextAppearance AppCompat Widget ActionBar Title         parent  android TextAppearance Material Widget ActionBar Title  gt   lt  style gt    lt style name  Base TextAppearance AppCompat Widget ActionBar Subtitle         parent  android TextAppearance Material Widget ActionBar Subtitle  gt   lt  style gt    lt style name  Base TextAppearance AppCompat Widget ActionBar Title Inverse         parent  android TextAppearance Material Widget ActionBar Title Inverse  gt   lt  style gt    lt style name  Base TextAppearance AppCompat Widget ActionBar Subtitle Inverse         parent  android TextAppearance Material Widget ActionBar Subtitle Inverse  gt   lt  style gt    lt style name  Base TextAppearance AppCompat Widget ActionMode Title         parent  android TextAppearance Material Widget ActionMode Title  gt   lt  style gt    lt style name  Base TextAppearance AppCompat Widget ActionMode Subtitle         parent  android TextAppearance Material Widget ActionMode Subtitle  gt   lt  style gt    lt  -- Action Button Styles -- gt    lt style name  Base Widget AppCompat ActionButton         parent  android Widget Material ActionButton  gt   lt  style gt    lt style name  Base Widget AppCompat ActionButton CloseMode         parent  android Widget Material ActionButton CloseMode  gt   lt  style gt    lt style name  Base Widget AppCompat ActionButton Overflow         parent  android Widget Material ActionButton Overflow  gt   lt  style gt    lt  --     Widget AppCompat Toolbar style is purposely ommitted  This is because the support     Toolbar implementation is used on ALL platforms and relies on the unbundled attrs      The supporting Toolbar styles below only use basic attrs so work fine  -- gt    lt style name  Base Widget AppCompat Toolbar Button Navigation         parent  android Widget Material Toolbar Button Navigation  gt   lt  style gt    lt style name  Base TextAppearance Widget AppCompat Toolbar Title         parent  android TextAppearance Material Widget ActionBar Title  gt   lt  style gt    lt style name  Base TextAppearance Widget AppCompat Toolbar Subtitle         parent  android TextAppearance Material Widget ActionBar Subtitle  gt   lt  style gt    lt  -- Spinner Widgets -- gt    lt style name  Base Widget AppCompat ListView DropDown         parent  android Widget Material ListView DropDown   gt    lt style name  Base Widget AppCompat DropDownItem Spinner         parent  android Widget Material DropDownItem Spinner   gt    lt style name  Base Widget AppCompat Spinner  parent  android Widget Material Spinner    gt    lt style name  Base Widget AppCompat Spinner DropDown ActionBar  parent  android Widget Material Spinner  gt       lt item name  spinnerMode  gt dropdown lt  item gt       lt item name  disableChildrenWhenDisabled  gt true lt  item gt       lt item name  popupPromptView  gt  layout abc simple dropdown hint lt  item gt   lt  style gt    lt style name  Base Widget AppCompat ListView Menu         parent  android Widget Material ListView    gt    lt  -- Popup Menu -- gt    lt style name  Base Widget AppCompat ListPopupWindow  parent  android Widget Material ListPopupWindow  gt   lt  style gt    lt style name  Base Widget AppCompat PopupMenu  parent  android Widget Material PopupMenu  gt   lt  style gt    lt style name  Base Widget AppCompat Light PopupMenu      parent  android Widget Material Light PopupMenu  gt   lt  style gt    lt style name  Base Widget AppCompat PopupMenu Overflow  gt       lt item name  android dropDownHorizontalOffset  gt -4dip lt  item gt       lt item name  android overlapAnchor  gt true lt  item gt   lt  style gt    lt style name  Base Widget AppCompat Light PopupMenu Overflow  gt       lt item name  android dropDownHorizontalOffset  gt -4dip lt  item gt       lt item name  android overlapAnchor  gt true lt  item gt   lt  style gt    lt style name  Base TextAppearance AppCompat Widget PopupMenu Large      parent  android TextAppearance Material Widget PopupMenu Large  gt   lt  style gt    lt style name  Base TextAppearance AppCompat Widget PopupMenu Small      parent  android TextAppearance Material Widget PopupMenu Small  gt   lt  style gt    lt style name  Base TextAppearance AppCompat Light Widget PopupMenu Large      parent  android TextAppearance Material Widget PopupMenu Large  gt   lt  style gt    lt style name  Base TextAppearance AppCompat Light Widget PopupMenu Small      parent  android TextAppearance Material Widget PopupMenu Small  gt   lt  style gt    lt  -- Search View result styles -- gt    lt style name  Base TextAppearance AppCompat SearchResult Title         parent   android TextAppearance Material SearchResult Title  gt   lt  style gt    lt style name  Base TextAppearance AppCompat SearchResult Subtitle         parent   android TextAppearance Material SearchResult Subtitle  gt   lt  style gt    lt style name  Base Widget AppCompat AutoCompleteTextView  parent  android Widget Material AutoCompleteTextView    gt    lt style name  Base Widget AppCompat Light AutoCompleteTextView  parent  android Widget Material AutoCompleteTextView    gt    lt  -- Progress Bar -- gt    lt style name  Base Widget AppCompat ProgressBar Horizontal         parent  android Widget Material ProgressBar Horizontal  gt   lt  style gt    lt style name  Base Widget AppCompat ProgressBar         parent  android Widget Material ProgressBar  gt   lt  style gt    lt  -- TODO  Needs updating for Material -- gt   lt style name  Base Widget AppCompat ActivityChooserView  parent    gt       lt item name  android gravity  gt center lt  item gt       lt item name  android background  gt  drawable abc ab share pack holo dark lt  item gt       lt item name  android divider  gt  attr dividerVertical lt  item gt       lt item name  android showDividers  gt middle lt  item gt       lt item name  android dividerPadding  gt 6dip lt  item gt   lt  style gt     This is the code I m using   public class MainActivity extends Activity        Override    protected void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState           super onCreate savedInstanceState          setContentView R layout activity main

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Your compile Sdk version is set to 21  change it to 20 or less  Its present in build gradle in android studio  Then clean the project and rebuild it

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This has happened to me after I  updated  into 5 0 SDK and wanted to create a new application with support library  In both Projects  project properties file  in the one you want to use support library and the support library itself it has to be set the same target  e g  for my case it worked   In project android-support-v7-appcompat Change project properties into target android-21  Cleanandroid-support-v7-appcompat In my project  where I desire support library   In my project  Change project properties into target android-21 and android library reference 1    android-support-v7-appcompat  or add support library in project properties  Clean the project

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I ve just solved these exact errors myself  The key it seems is that your project properties file in your appcompat library project should use whatever the highest version of the API that your particular appcompat project has been written for  in your case it looks like v21   Easiest way I ve found to tell is to look for the highest  values-v    folder inside the res folder  eg  values-v21    To clarify  in addition to the instructions at Support Library Setup  your appcompat project properties file should have in it  target android-21  mine came with 19 instead    Also ensure that you have the  SDK Platform  to match that version installed  eg for v21 install Android 5 0 SDK Platform    See also appcompat-v7 21 0 0  39   No resource found that matches the given name  attr   39 android actionModeShareDrawable  39   Alternatively if you don t want to use the appcompat at all   I think  all you need to do is right click your project   Properties   Android   Library   Remove the reference to the appcompat  The errors will still show up for the appcompat project  but shouldn t affect your project after that

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Prerequirements  Make sure that you ve downloaded the latest extras as well as the Android 5 0 SDK via the SDK-Manager

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My Project Build Target of android-support-v7-appcompat was with API 19 just changed it to API 20 it worked for me  Right click on android-support-v7-appcompat library project  Go to properties Click on Android Change project build Target from Android 4 x x to Android 5 0  This helped me hopefully it helps others too

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Go to your Android SDK installed directory then extras   android   support   v7   appcompat   in my case   D  Software adt-bundle-windows-x86-20140702 sdk extras android support v7 appcompat  once you are in appcompat folder  check for project properties file then change the value from default 19 to 21 as    target android-21    Save the file and then refresh your project   Then clean the project   In project tab   select clean option then select your project and clean      This will resolve the error  If not  make sure your project also targets API 21 or higher  same steps as before  and easily forgotten when upgrading a project which targets an older version   Enjoy coding

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After changing the target to matching version  as explained by Ben   if it still shows errors then just run  Clean  on the project to clear resource errors

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I am writing application to API level 21  I tried all the above but didn t worked  Finally i deleted Values-v23 from appcompat v7 It worked

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Download the latest  sdk platform  and  sdk build tools  of same version like 23   for  both from  sdk Managar      for reference see above hosted image      from  back track   Then right click on your project -  properties -  Android -       in  project build properties  select  API level  23 or the latest one which you updated  Then clean your project once   Note  But all three should be in same version

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Well  it costed me 2 days to figure out the problem   In short  by default you shall just keep the max version to be the highest level you had downloaded  says  Level 23  Android M  for my case   otherwise you will get these errors  You have to go to project properties of both your project and appcompat to change the target version   sigh

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I followed all of those instructions including the instructions from Android  What finally fixed it for me was changing Project Build Target from API level to API level 21 in my project     I am using API 22  Android 5 1 1   which is newer than when these other answers were written   So you cannot set target 21 in the support library as you could 6 months ago

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please open your android sdk installed directory then   in my path    E  Android sdk extras android support v7 appcompat  then you can see   project properties  file  open it and change target  target android-19  to  target android-23   its worked for me   thanks    https   stackoverflow com a 27243716 4140589

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For my Android Studio workout  I found that this happen when I change Compile SDK Version from API23  Android 6  to be API17  Android 4 2  manually in Project Structure setting  and trying to change some code in layout files   I miss-understood that I have to change it manually  even on New Project I have selected the  Minimum SdK  to be 4 2 already   Solve by just change it back to API23  and it still can run on Android 4 2

[android] Error in styles_base.xml file - android app - No resource found that matches the given name 'android:Widget.Material.ActionButton'

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