appcompat-v7:21.0.0': No resource found that matches the given name: attr 'android:actionModeShareDrawable'

Question

When attempting to use the latest appcompat-v7 support library in my project, I get the following error:

/Users/greg/dev/mobile/android_project/app/build/intermediates/exploded-aar/com.android.support/appcompat-v7/21.0.0/res/values-v11/values.xml
Error:(36, 21) No resource found that matches the given name: attr 'android:actionModeShareDrawable'.
Error:(36, 21) No resource found that matches the given name: attr 'android:actionModeShareDrawable'.
Error:(36, 21) No resource found that matches the given name: attr 'android:actionModeShareDrawable'.
Error:(36, 21) No resource found that matches the given name: attr 'android:actionModeShareDrawable'.

How do I fix this?

Solution 1

While the answer of loeschg is absolutely correct I just wanna elaborate on it and give a solution for all IDE's (Eclipse, IntellJ and Android Studio) even if the errors differentiate slightly.

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Prerequirements

Make sure that you've downloaded the latest extras as well as the Android 5.0 SDK via the SDK-Manager.

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Android Studio

Open the build.gradle file of your app-module and change your compileSdkVersion to 21. It's basically not necessary to change the targetSdkVersion SDK-Version to 21 but it's recommended since you should always target the latest android Build-Version.
In the end you gradle-file will look like this:

android {
    compileSdkVersion 21
    // ...

    defaultConfig {
        // ...
        targetSdkVersion 21
    }
}

Be sure to sync your project afterwards.

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Eclipse

When using the v7-appcompat in Eclipse you have to use it as a library project. It isn't enough to just copy the *.jar to your /libs folder. Please read this (click) step-by-step tutorial on developer.android.com in order to know how to import the project properly.

As soon as the project is imported, you'll realize that some folders in the /resfolder are red-underlined because of errors such as the following:

error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:TextAppearance.Material'.
error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:Widget.Material.*'
error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name: attr 'android:actionModeShareDrawable'.

Solution

The only thing you have to do is to open the project.properties file of the android-support-v7-appcompat and change the target from target=android-19 to target=android-21.
Afterwards just do a Project --> Clean... so that the changes take effect.

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IntelliJ IDEA (not using Gradle)

Similiar to Eclipse it's not enough to use only the android-support-v7-appcompat.jar; you have to import the appcompat as a module. Read more about it on this StackO-Post (click).
(Note: If you're only using the .jar you'll get NoClassDefFoundErrors on Runtime)

When you're trying to build the project you'll face issues in the res/values-v** folders. Your message window will say something like the following:

Error:android-apt-compiler: [appcompat]  resource found that matches the given name: attr 'android:colorPrimary'.
Error:(75, -1) android-apt-compiler: [appcompat] C:\[Your Path]\sdk\extras\android\support\v7\appcompat\res\values-v21\styles_base.xml:75: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:Widget.Material.ActionButton'.
// and so on

Solution

Right click on appcompat module --> Open Module Settings (F4) --> [Dependency Tab] Select Android API 21 Platform from the dropdown --> Apply

Then just rebuild the project (Build --> Rebuild Project) and you're good to go.

Solution 2

This is likely because you haven't set your compileSdkVersion to 21 in your build.gradle file. You also probably want to change your targetSdkVersion to 21.

android {
    //...
    compileSdkVersion 21

    defaultConfig {
        targetSdkVersion 21
    }
    //...
}

This requires you to have downloaded the latest SDK updates to begin with.

Once you've downloaded all the updates (don't forget to also update the Android Support Library/Repository, too!) and updated your compileSdkVersion, re-sync your Gradle project.

Edit: For Eclipse or general IntelliJ users

See reVerse's answer. He has a very thorough walk through!

Solution 3

`Follow below steps:

its working for me.To resolve this issue,

1.Right Click on appcompat_v7 library and select Properties

2.Now, Click on Android Option, Set Project Build Path as Android 5.0 (API level 21) Apply Changes.

3.Now go to project.properties file under appcompat_v7 library,

4.Set the project target as : target=android-21

5.Now Clean + Build appcompat_v7 library and your projects`

Solution 4

In case you don't want to use API 21 as the target API, and thus you don' t want to use the Material Theme, you have to use an older revision belonging to API 19 >

compile "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:19.0.+"

This also helps solving your problem, it only depends on what you want to achieve.

Solution 5

I have encountered this issue with play-services:5.0.89. Upgrading to 6.1.11 solved problem.

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Comments

[sbaar]

This is the correct answer. Upgrading to 21 requires this, the new appcompat dependencies, and you need to download rev 12 of play services.

[Chad Bingham]

And be sure to run JDK 7

[prabhakaran]

i am also facing same prob in eclipse after change the target from target=android-19 to target=android-21 also getting error on value folder dude

[reVerse]

That's surprising. Did you clean & rebuild the project? Maybe you should import the project once again.

[Clive Jefferies]

When I change AppCompat to 5.0 in eclipse, it no longer builds and the .bin folder is empty.

[ChuongPham]

Cleaning your project in this case does not work, especially if you've just downloaded a new Android SDK, appcompat library, etc., as errors won't magically clean themselves without finding the missing links to other Android libraries and/or resources. ReVerse's answer is correct and most thorough for those who do not know how to resolve issues with the latest Android API level 21 download by themselves.

[loeschg]

0.14.0 was actually released not too long ago

[avianey]

yep, I was still using 0.12... maybe it can help someone else upgrading to 0.13 or 0.14

[loeschg]

While still correct, see @reVerse's solution. It's more thorough :)

[KarenAnne]

I was using Eclipse ADT and changing the target from Android 19 to 21 did the trick! Thanks!

[Mukesh Garg]

Awesome, really i was struggling from past 2 days, but ur trick change Android-19 to 21 worked.. Thanks Man

[Md Mohsin]

I used your way and set android-21 target in project and library and then clean both and done..thanks.

[Bianca Daniciuc]

Using Eclipse, I had to update the project target to 21 on all projects that were using the appcompat library, not only on the appcompat project itself.

[reubenjohn]

Great answer! I was missing the "Google repository" in the SDK manager, which caused an error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'Theme.Base.AppCompat.DialogWhenLarge.Base'.

[SleepNot]

where can I find the appcompat_v7 library?

[madhu527]

you can find appcompat_v7 lib in : adt-bundle-windows-x86_64 -->sdk -->\extras\ -->android\ -->support -->v7

[peacepassion]

I agree with you. After all, not everyone plans to target sdk at 21.

[Pankaj Nimgade]

@reVerse, iam still getting Cannot resolve symbol 'android:Theme.Material.Light' in <style name="AppBaseTheme" parent="android:Theme.Material.Light"></style> in valules-v21 in android studio

[Michael Todd]

This answer in combination with loeschg's answer above resolved this issue in Eclipse.

[Antwan]

i was using a latest version from appcompact but now i want to doengrade to earlier version but i'm getting this error in exploded-arr folder

[Amt87]

That is great answer. just a note, I had to modify the target to be android-# with the latest android api level that I installed on my sdk

[afterxleep]

I am currently wrestling with the previous issues mentioned in eclipse / android. It really is a load of unreliable impenetrable bollocks.

[Eugene Gr. Philippov]

I executed your sequence. Then had a «Jar mismatch! Fix your dependencies» in the Android console because jars in libs/ and jars in dependent appcompat and google play services library projects were not matching (were having mismatching SHA-1 and jar file length). Struggling further, I consider this a success.

[nette]

Thanks! This was so helpful. I had to change mine to 23 though.

[Valen]

didn't use neither one of the IDEs nor Gradle... is it similar when I use Ant and Notepad?