java.lang.IllegalStateException: You need to use a Theme.AppCompat theme (or descendant) with this activity. titanium

Question

I'm creating a custom theme for my Titanium application using this theme generator. But when I run my application it's crashing and my log says that I need appCompact even if I set the theme for sdk > sdk 11.

And my targeting Android version is API 19 and min SDK version is API14, so I wonder why I need appCompact.

This is what my log says:

 [ERROR] :  TiApplication: (main) [512,512] Sending event: exception on thread: main msg:java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{a.s/org.appcelerator.titanium.TiActivity}: java.lang.IllegalStateException: You need to use a Theme.AppCompat theme (or descendant) with this activity.; Titanium 3.4.0,2014/09/25 16:42,b54c467
[ERROR] :  TiApplication: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{a.s/org.appcelerator.titanium.TiActivity}: java.lang.IllegalStateException: You need to use a Theme.AppCompat theme (or descendant) with this activity.
[ERROR] :  TiApplication:   at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2195)
[ERROR] :  TiApplication:   at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(Activ
[ERROR] :  TiApplication:   at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:135)
[ERROR] :  TiApplication:   at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1196)
[ERROR] :  TiApplication:   at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
[ERROR] :  TiApplication:   at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)
[ERROR] :  TiApplication:   at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5017)
[ERROR] :  TiApplication:   at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
[ERROR] :  TiApplication:   at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
[ERROR] :  TiApplication:   at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:779)
[ERROR] :  TiApplication:   at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:595)
[ERROR] :  TiApplication:   at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
[ERROR] :  TiApplication: Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: You need to use a Theme.AppCompat theme (or descendant) with this activity.
[ERROR] :  TiApplication:   at android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivityDelegate.onCreate(ActionBarActivityDelegate.java:108)
[ERROR] :  TiApplication:   at android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivityDelegateICS.onCreate(ActionBarActivityDelegateICS.java:57)
[ERROR] :  TiApplication:   at android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity.onCreate(ActionBarActivity.java:98)
[ERROR] :  TiApplication:   at org.appcelerator.titanium.TiBaseActivity.onCreate(TiBaseActivity.java:516)
[ERROR] :  TiApplication:   at org.appcelerator.titanium.TiActivity.onCreate(TiActivity.java:18)
[ERROR] :  TiApplication:   at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5231)
[ERROR] :  TiApplication:   at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1087)
[ERROR] :  TiApplication:   at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2159)
[ERROR] :  TiApplication:   ... 11 more

Answer 1

ok please try this,

Add this attribute to your activity

android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat"

Answer 2

You are using an ActionBarActivity, which requires an AppCompat theme. I'm not sure how you'd do this with Titanium, but you'd either need to switch to an AppCompat theme or use a regular Activity (which shouldn't be a problem if you're targeting 11 or above).