Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name '@android:style/TextAppearance.Holo.Widget.ActionBar.Title'

Question

I am implementing ActionBar to set the color for text using this style script in xml but getting error when I run my application time does anybody have idea what I have miss

Answer 1

AndroidManifest.xml:

<uses-sdk
    android:minSdkVersion=...
    android:targetSdkVersion="11" />

and

Project Properties -> Project Build Target = 11 or above

These 2 things fixed the problem for me!

Answer 2

This happens because in r6 it shows an error when you try to extend private styles.

Refer to this link

Answer 3

I tried to change target sdk to 13 but does not works!! then when I changed compileSdkVersion 13 to compileSdkVersion 14 is compiled successfully :)

NOTE: I Work with Android Studio not Eclipse

Answer 4

TextAppearance.Holo.Widget.ActionBar.Title appears to have been added in API Level 13. Make sure your build target is set to 13, not just 11.

Answer 5

<style name="Theme.IOSched" parent="android:style/Theme.Holo.Light">
    <item name="android:windowBackground">@drawable/window_background</item>
    <item name="android:actionBarStyle">@style/ActionBar</item>
</style>

you can not give your own color and backgroud in item windowBackground. give your color in your /color.xml file.

Answer 6

This is an old post, but if anyone comes up with this problem, i post what solved my problem:

I was trying to add the Action Bar Sherlock to my proyect when i get the error:

Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:Widget.Holo.ActionBar'.

I turns out that the action bar sherlock proyect and my proyect had differents minSdkVersion and targetSdkVersion. Changing that parameters to match in both proyect solved my problem.

<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="7" android:targetSdkVersion="17"/>