No resource found - Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar

android android-actionbar-compat
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I used ActionBar Style Generator, and now trying to use into my app, but getting :

error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name '@style/ Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar'.

i am using android-support-v7-appcompat.jar lib inside libs folder

my target is to make my app compatible 2.3 or above

Answer

Raghunandan picture Raghunandan · Feb 20, 2014

AppCompat is a library project. You need to reference the library project in your android project.

Check the topic Adding libraries with resources.

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