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Android Build an Interactive Story App (Retired) User Input Hiding the ActionBar with an App Theme

Posted by richard maxon
richard maxon
3,089 Points

No application bar

I tried to remove the application bar by changing the theme, but i won't build. It errors out and says 'Theme.AppCompat ' is required. <resources>

<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
    <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
</style>

</resources>

1 Answer

miguelcastro2
miguelcastro2
Courses Plus Student 6,573 Points

AppCompat stands for Android Support Library and you do not have it installed. Add this to your build.grade file:

    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:21.0+'

Lastly, make sure you use the NoActionBar theme.

    <!-- Base application theme. -->
    <style name="MyTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
      <!-- You custom styles -->
    </style>
ian sobo
ian sobo
3,851 Points

Thanks for the help. However, which build.gradle file should i modify? There's two of them, with one that says (Project:InteractiveStory) and (Module: app). what is the difference

Kevin Michie
Kevin Michie
6,554 Points
Kevin Michie
Kevin Michie
6,554 Points

I'm getting a gradle build error that does not recognize compile. What should I do?