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In application I'm currently developing (it's my first android application) I use android-maven-plugin and maven-android-sdk-deployer. Application had been working great (MainActivity that uses ActionBarActivity had been shown correctly) until I added a google-play-servies library. After that I'm getting the following exception (no changes in application except adding required dependencies to pom.xml):
E/AndroidRuntime( 2146): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.myapp/com.myapp.acts.MainActivity}: java.lang.IllegalStateException: You need to use a Theme.AppCompat theme (or descendant) with this activity.
E/AndroidRuntime( 2146): at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2298)
E/AndroidRuntime( 2146): at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2360)
E/AndroidRuntime( 2146): at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:144)
E/AndroidRuntime( 2146): at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1278)
E/AndroidRuntime( 2146): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
E/AndroidRuntime( 2146): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135)
E/AndroidRuntime( 2146): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5221)
E/AndroidRuntime( 2146): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
E/AndroidRuntime( 2146): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)
E/AndroidRuntime( 2146): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:899)
E/AndroidRuntime( 2146): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:694)
E/AndroidRuntime( 2146): Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: You need to use a Theme.AppCompat theme (or descendant) with this activity.
E/AndroidRuntime( 2146): at android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivityDelegate.onCreate(ActionBarActivityDelegate.java:147)
E/AndroidRuntime( 2146): at android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivityDelegateBase.onCreate(ActionBarActivityDelegateBase.java:139)
E/AndroidRuntime( 2146): at android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity.onCreate(ActionBarActivity.java:123)
E/AndroidRuntime( 2146): at com.metova.roboguice.appcompat.RoboActionBarActivity.onCreate(RoboActionBarActivity.java:45)
E/AndroidRuntime( 2146): at com.myapp.acts.BaseActionBarActivity.onCreate(BaseActionBarActivity.java:23)
E/AndroidRuntime( 2146): at com.myapp.acts.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:62)
E/AndroidRuntime( 2146): at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5933)
E/AndroidRuntime( 2146): at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1105)
E/AndroidRuntime( 2146): at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2251)
E/AndroidRuntime( 2146): ... 10 more
My pom.xml is:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.myapp</groupId>
<artifactId>myapp</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>apk</packaging>
<name>myapp</name>
<properties>
<android.sdk.path>/data/tools/android-sdk-linux</android.sdk.path>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<platform.version>5.0_r1</platform.version>
<android.plugin.version>3.8.2</android.plugin.version>
<robospice.version>1.4.13</robospice.version>
<picasso.version>2.3.5-SNAPSHOT</picasso.version>
<android.support.version>21.0.1</android.support.version>
<sdk.platform.version>21</sdk.platform.version>
<commons.logging.version>1.1.3</commons.logging.version>
<android-maven-plugin.version>3.7.0</android-maven-plugin.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>android.support</groupId>
<artifactId>compatibility-v7-appcompat</artifactId>
<version>${android.support.version}</version>
<type>apklib</type>
<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>android.support</groupId>
<artifactId>compatibility-v7-appcompat</artifactId>
<version>${android.support.version}</version>
<type>jar</type>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>android.support</groupId>
<artifactId>compatibility-v4</artifactId>
<version>${android.support.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.roboguice</groupId>
<artifactId>roboguice</artifactId>
<version>2.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.octo.android.robospice</groupId>
<artifactId>robospice</artifactId>
<version>${robospice.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.octo.android.robospice</groupId>
<artifactId>robospice-retrofit</artifactId>
<version>${robospice.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
<version>${commons.logging.version}</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.squareup</groupId>
<artifactId>otto</artifactId>
<version>1.3.5</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>android</groupId>
<artifactId>android</artifactId>
<version>${platform.version}</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.android.maps</groupId>
<artifactId>maps</artifactId>
<version>21_r1</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.android.gms</groupId>
<artifactId>google-play-services</artifactId>
<version>21.0.0</version>
<type>apklib</type>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.android.gms</groupId>
<artifactId>google-play-services</artifactId>
<version>21.0.0</version>
<type>jar</type>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.squareup.okhttp</groupId>
<artifactId>okhttp</artifactId>
<version>2.0.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.squareup.okhttp</groupId>
<artifactId>okhttp-urlconnection</artifactId>
<version>2.0.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.squareup.picasso</groupId>
<artifactId>picasso</artifactId>
<version>${picasso.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<artifactId>crouton</artifactId>
<groupId>de.keyboardsurfer.android.widget</groupId>
<version>1.8.5</version>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>com.android.support</groupId>
<artifactId>support-v4</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.inject</groupId>
<artifactId>guice</artifactId>
<classifier>no_aop</classifier>
<version>4.0-beta</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<finalName>${project.artifactId}</finalName>
<pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.jayway.maven.plugins.android.generation2</groupId>
<artifactId>android-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${android.plugin.version}</version>
<extensions>true</extensions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
<artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0</version>
<configuration>
<lifecycleMappingMetadata>
<pluginExecutions>
<pluginExecution>
<pluginExecutionFilter>
<groupId>com.jayway.maven.plugins.android.generation2</groupId>
<artifactId>android-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<versionRange>[1.0.0,)</versionRange>
<goals>
<goal>consume-aar</goal>
</goals>
</pluginExecutionFilter>
<action>
<ignore />
</action>
</pluginExecution>
</pluginExecutions>
</lifecycleMappingMetadata>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.jayway.maven.plugins.android.generation2</groupId>
<artifactId>android-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<extensions>true</extensions>
<configuration>
<sdk>
<platform>${sdk.platform.version}</platform>
</sdk>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<source>1.6</source>
<target>1.6</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
and AndroidManifest.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.myapp"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-sdk
android:minSdkVersion="10"
android:targetSdkVersion="21" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<!-- maps -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES" />
<uses-feature
android:glEsVersion="0x00020000"
android:required="true" />
<!-- /maps -->
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="@drawable/icon"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
<meta-data
android:name="com.google.android.gms.version"
android:value="@integer/google_play_services_version" />
<meta-data
android:name="com.google.android.maps.v2.API_KEY"
android:value="MY_KEY" />
<activity android:name=".acts.LoginActivity" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity
android:name=".acts.RegisterActivity"
android:label="@string/app_name" >
</activity>
<activity
android:name=".acts.MainActivity"
android:label="@string/app_name">
</activity>
<activity
android:name=".acts.profiles.SearchProfilesActivity"
android:label="@string/title_activity_search_profiles" >
<meta-data
android:name="android.support.PARENT_ACTIVITY"
android:value=".acts.MainActivity" />
</activity>
<service
android:name="com.myapp.net.RetrofitSpiceService"
android:exported="false" />
</application>
</manifest>
My styles.xml (in values-vXX I have simillar entries):
<resources>
<style name="AppBaseTheme" parent="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light">
</style>
<style name="AppTheme" parent="AppBaseTheme">
</style>
</resources>
So basically adding these two dependencies causes application crash with "You need to use a Theme.AppCompat...":
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.android.gms</groupId>
<artifactId>google-play-services</artifactId>
<version>21.0.0</version>
<type>apklib</type>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.android.gms</groupId>
<artifactId>google-play-services</artifactId>
<version>21.0.0</version>
<type>jar</type>
</dependency>
Do you have any idea what is the cause of above problem? Any help would be appreciated.
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If you have *an activity that doesn't need this support, such as you only care about the latest versions and features of Android, you can apply any theme to it but the java code must extend plain old Activity.
See my answer. stackoverflow.com/a/51574281/232727 The reason you are having this problem is because the activity you are trying to apply the dialog theme to is extending ActionBarActivity which requires the AppCompat theme to be applied. Update: Extending AppCompatActivity would also have this problem
If you don't need advanced attributes about action bar or AppCompat you don't need to use Actionbar or AppCompat. In Android manifest just change theme of activity to AppTheme as follow code snippet <activity android:name=".MainActivity" android:label="@string/app_name" android:theme="@style/AppTheme"> </activity>
The general rule is that if you want your code to support older versions of Android, it should have the AppCompat theme and the java code should extend AppCompatActivity. If you have *an activity that doesn't need this support, such as you only care about the latest versions and features of Android,...
I had the same problem and I fixed it in the AndroidManifest.xml by switching from
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
to
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat" >
I got this hint from an answer to the following issue.
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Problem solved. I've changed section in pom.xml to this showed below.
<build>
<finalName>${project.artifactId}</finalName>
<pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
<artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
<version>${lifecycle-mapping-plugin.version}</version>
<configuration>
<lifecycleMappingMetadata>
<pluginExecutions>
<pluginExecution>
<pluginExecutionFilter>
<groupId>
com.jayway.maven.plugins.android.generation2
</groupId>
<artifactId>
android-maven-plugin
</artifactId>
<versionRange>
[${android-maven-plugin.version},)
</versionRange>
<goals>
<goal>consume-aar</goal>
</goals>
</pluginExecutionFilter>
<action>
<ignore />
</action>
</pluginExecution>
</pluginExecutions>
</lifecycleMappingMetadata>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.jayway.maven.plugins.android.generation2</groupId>
<artifactId>android-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<extensions>true</extensions>
<configuration>
<androidManifestFile>${project.basedir}/AndroidManifest.xml</androidManifestFile>
<assetsDirectory>${project.basedir}/assets</assetsDirectory>
<resourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/res</resourceDirectory>
<nativeLibrariesDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/native</nativeLibrariesDirectory>
<sdk>
<platform>${sdk.platform.version}</platform>
</sdk>
<undeployBeforeDeploy>true</undeployBeforeDeploy>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<source>1.6</source>
<target>1.6</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
I've also changed the dependency for google-play-services to aar:
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.android.gms</groupId>
<artifactId>google-play-services</artifactId>
<version>6.1.71</version>
<type>aar</type>
</dependency>
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