Getting AppCompat does not support the current theme features exception after upgrading to version AppCompat v22.1.0 issue

Question

Previously i was using AppCompat with version 21.1.2 in my project for the purpose of material design toggle with toolbar. But after upgrading to AppCompat v22.1.0, my app has started working weird. I even tried some of the solutions like as follows

<item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
<item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>

Also applying parent theme as

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar">

But none of the above solutions was not helpful for me. So kindly please help me by your tips and suggestions to overcome my issue which i am currently facing. I am also posting my styles.xml and logcat error for your reference. Any kind of help would be helpful for me. Thanks in advance.

styles.xml

 <style name="MainActivityTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar">
        <item name="colorPrimary">@color/white</item>
        <item name="colorPrimaryDark">#F2F2F2</item>
        <item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
        <item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
        <item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
        <item name="drawerArrowStyle">@style/DrawerArrowStyle</item>
        <item name="colorControlActivated">@color/yellow</item>
    </style>

Logcat Error:

java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.sample.app/com.sample.app.activities.MainActivity}: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: AppCompat does not support the current theme features
            at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2413)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2471)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.access$900(ActivityThread.java:175)
            at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1308)
            at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
            at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:146)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5602)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1283)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1099)
            at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
     Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: AppCompat does not support the current theme features
            at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV7.ensureSubDecor(AppCompatDelegateImplV7.java:360)
            at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV7.setContentView(AppCompatDelegateImplV7.java:246)
            at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity.setContentView(AppCompatActivity.java:106)
            at com.sample.app.activities.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:24)
            at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5451)
            at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1093)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2377)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2471)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.access$900(ActivityThread.java:175)
            at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1308)
            at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
            at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:146)
            at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5602)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1283)
            at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1099)
            at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

possible duplicate of java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: AppCompat does not support the current theme features

Solution 1

Thank you all for your replies. I solved my issue on my own by removing the line

<item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>

The error occurred because of adding windowNoTitle two times as follows

<item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
<item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>

Solution 2

Remove .NoActionBar from your MainActivityTheme

<style name="MainActivityTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat">
        // ................................................
        <item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
        <item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
</style>

Solution 3

Remove

.NoActionBar

from your style, because you already use from a windowNoTitle=false and windowActionBar=false in your Theme.

Solution 4

maybe this help some people

in my case i didnt use .NoActionBar Theme. i just remove android prefix from this item.

<item name="windowActionBar">false</item>

in addition i use android studio and gradle shot for you is

'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:22.2.0'

fortunately the error goes away.

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Comments

[starkej2]

I don't think it's caused by adding windowNoTitle twice. If you have android:windowNoTitle at all it will cause the crash, so you have to use the name without the android prefix.

[Alejandro Lora]

I had a big problem because I wanted to implement a library and I didn't know why it was crashed and your answer fixed it. I just needed the second line of your code. Thanks men

[Chandru]

you are welcome @Alejandroi. Happy that my solution helped you.

[Ravi Dhoriya ツ]

You saved my day! Thank you :)