No resource found that matches the given name 'android:Theme.Holo.Light'

Question

I have created a project with following settings for Target :

<uses-sdk
        android:minSdkVersion="8"
        android:targetSdkVersion="18" />

But following error persists at values-v11 and values-v14:

ERROR : No resource found that matches the given name 'android:Theme.Holo.Light'

<resources>

    <!--
        Base application theme for API 11+. This theme completely replaces
        AppBaseTheme from res/values/styles.xml on API 11+ devices.
    -->
    <style name="AppBaseTheme" parent="android:Theme.Holo.Light">
        <!-- API 11 theme customizations can go here. -->
    </style>

</resources>

Answer 1

Assuming you're using Eclipse, you need to right-click your project in the Package Explorer, select Properties, select Android, and set Project Build Target to API level 14 or higher. Or equivalently, set target=android-14 or higher in your project's project.properties file, but note that this file is autogenerated by Eclipse, so manually editing it is not recommended.

Answer 2

First there is problem in the parent attribute, you have to use parent="android:style/Theme.Holo.Light"

Second, Since Holo Theme was introduced in API level 14... so you have to change your android:minSdkVersion="8" to android:minSdkVersion="11", On newer versions it will automatically use Holo theme. You can further read about Holo Theme at

• On Android Developers Blog
• on Developers.Android.com

However if you want to support previous versions of Android for Holo Themes. You can use Holoeverywhere library.

Answer 3

TextAppearance.Holo.Widget.ActionBar.Title appears to have been added in API Level 13. Make sure your build target is set to 13, not just 11.

AndroidManifest.xml:

<uses-sdk
    android:minSdkVersion=...
    android:targetSdkVersion="11" />