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Error Help [message #1386360]

Tue, 17 June 2014 02:24

Kyle R

Messages: 1
Registered: June 2014

Junior Member

I am using Eclipse and cannot figure out how to correct the following error that occurs on all new projects that are created.

"Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'Theme.AppCompat.Light'."

This error appears to stem from <style name="AppBaseTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light"> in the styles.xml folders.

The other error is "R cannot be resolved to a variable"

I have spent all day trying to figure this out. I have re-installed the ADT bundle 22.6.3, Eclipse 4.3.2, Java JRE and JDK.

Many posts pointed toward android-support-v7-appcompt.jar not being in the libs folder and yes that did solve some of the errors that I had.

Any information would be much appreciated.

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Re: Error Help [message #1386432 is a reply to message #1386360]

Tue, 17 June 2014 13:43

Eric Rizzo

Messages: 3070
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Did you see the "announcement" post at the top of this forum titled "Trouble with Android Development Tools (ADT) or questions about Android programming? READ THIS FIRST"?

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Re: Error Help [message #1386507 is a reply to message #1386360]

Wed, 18 June 2014 02:34

Russell Bateman

Messages: 3798
Registered: July 2009
Location: Provo, Utah, USA

Senior Member

On 06/17/2014 06:19 AM, Kyle R wrote:
> I am using Eclipse and cannot figure out how to correct the following
> error that occurs on all new projects that are created.
> "Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the
> given name 'Theme.AppCompat.Light'."
>
> This error appears to stem from <style name="AppBaseTheme"
> parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light"> in the styles.xml folders.
> The other error is "R cannot be resolved to a variable"
>
> I have spent all day trying to figure this out. I have re-installed the
> ADT bundle 22.6.3, Eclipse 4.3.2, Java JRE and JDK.
> Many posts pointed toward android-support-v7-appcompt.jar not being in
> the libs folder and yes that did solve some of the errors that I had.
>
> Any information would be much appreciated.

What Eric said.

However, I will throw you one bone since I happen to know what you're
talking about.

http://www.javahotchocolate.com/tutorials/android.html#r-java

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