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    copied!<p>I am getting a RuntimeException on Android 2.3.5 but I <strong>am</strong> using Theme.AppCompat (res/values/themes.xml). This is the phone: <a href="http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_y_s5360-4117.php">http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_y_s5360-4117.php</a></p> <pre><code> &lt;!-- res/values/themes.xml --&gt; &lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?&gt; &lt;resources&gt; &lt;style name="Theme.Styled" parent="@style/Theme.AppCompat"&gt; &lt;item name="actionBarStyle"&gt;@style/QueryActionBar&lt;/item&gt; &lt;item name="android:actionBarStyle"&gt;@style/QueryActionBar&lt;/item&gt; &lt;/style&gt; &lt;style name="QueryActionBar" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.ActionBar"&gt; &lt;item name="background"&gt;@color/blueback&lt;/item&gt; &lt;item name="android:background"&gt;@color/blueback&lt;/item&gt; &lt;item name="backgroundSplit"&gt;@color/blueback&lt;/item&gt; &lt;item name="android:backgroundSplit"&gt;@color/blueback&lt;/item&gt; &lt;/style&gt; &lt;/resources&gt; </code></pre> <p>Here is the file for values-v11.</p> <pre><code> &lt;!-- res/values-v11/themes.xml --&gt; &lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?&gt; &lt;resources&gt; &lt;style name="QueryTheme" parent="@android:style/Theme.Holo"&gt; &lt;!-- Any customizations for your app running on devices with Theme.Holo here --&gt; &lt;/style&gt; &lt;/resources&gt; </code></pre> <p>Here is the error.</p> <pre><code> java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.txt2lrn.www/com.txt2lrn.www.LandingActivity}: java.lang.IllegalStateException: You need to use a Theme.AppCompat theme (or descendant) with this activity. at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1651) at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1667) at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1500(ActivityThread.java:117) at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:935) at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99) at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:130) at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3687) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:867) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:625) at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: You need to use a Theme.AppCompat theme (or descendant) with this activity. at android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivityDelegate.onCreate(ActionBarActivityDelegate.java:102) at android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity.onCreate(ActionBarActivity.java:98) at com.txt2lrn.www.LandingActivity.onCreate(LandingActivity.java:95) at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1047) at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1615) ... 11 more </code></pre> <p>Sorry folks, I also do have android:theme="@style/Theme.Styled" defined in AndroidManifest.xml.</p>
 

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