Android Studio Error getting parent for element: No resource found that matches the specified name "Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar"
I am starting android studio, I started building Hello World app but always on gradle build tab, it shows 2 errors. Errors I am running into:
Error: (1) Failed to get parent for element: No resource was found that matches the specified name "Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar".
Error: Execution completed for task ': app: processDebugResources'. > com.android.ide.common.process.ProcessException: org.gradle.process.internal.ExecException: Process 'command' e: \ Program Files \ Android \ sdk \ build-tools \ 22.0.1 \ aapt.exe '' terminated with non-zero exit value 1
This is my build.gradle
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
android {
compileSdkVersion 22
buildToolsVersion '22.0.1'
defaultConfig {
applicationId "com.example.android.helloworld"
minSdkVersion 15
targetSdkVersion 22
versionCode 1
versionName "1.0"
}
buildTypes {
release {
minifyEnabled false
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
}
}
} dependencies {}
What should I do now to run my program without errors, please help me ........
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the theme "Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar" is declared in the module "com.android.support:appcompat-v7"
so you need something like this in your build.gradle.
dependencies {
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:22.1.1'
}
alternativly you can use "Theme.Holo.Light.DarkActionBar" instead, which is part of newer Android versions and doesn't need an extra module.
"Theme.AppCompat.xxx" and "com.android.support:appcompat-v7" were created to allow older versions of Android, such as android-2.2, to provide users with newer features introduced in newer versions of Android.
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