Can't Find Theme.AppCompat.Light for New Android ActionBar Support

Question

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 wit

Answer 1

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.+"
}

Answer 2

For Android Studio 1.2.2

Drop "android" from the parent attribute value:

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar"></style>

Answer 3

You need to do next:

1. File->Import (android-sdk\extras\android\support\v7). Choose "AppCompat"
2. Project-> properties->Android. In the section library "Add" and choose "AppCompat"
3. 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

Answer 4

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.

Answer 5

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.

Answer 6

Quickest solution :

right click on the project - > Android tools -> Add support library..