You need to use a Theme.AppCompat theme (or descendant) with this activity

Question

Android Studio 0.4.5

Android documentation for creating custom dialog boxes: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/dialogs.html

If you want a custom d

Answer 1

I had an activity with theme used for showing dialog in my appWidget and i had same problem

i solved this error by changing activity code like below:

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    setTheme(R.style.Theme_AppCompat_Dialog); //this line i added
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_dialog);
}