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?

I'm getting this issue in eclipse. I had over a 100 errors because my SDK Build tools did not update to rev 21. Got different errors now though so... go to look into those. — RED_, Oct 17 '14 at 20:16
Today I uninstalled and reinstalled Extras/Android Support Library (version 21.0.2) and note that its project.properties *still* incorrectly point to target=android-19 which is the root of the problem. Should be 21, but it's a generated - not hand-editable - file. See accepted answer for workaround. — JulianSymes, Nov 26 '14 at 12:54
@RED_, Cannot resolve symbol 'android:Theme.Material.Light' in in valules-v21 in android studio — Pankaj Nimgade, Mar 05 '15 at 10:55
@RED_, yes i do need help desperately, on my computer I can't seem to detect anything for Material Theme or anything which starts with android in values-v21\styles, kindly help me — Pankaj Nimgade, Mar 06 '15 at 04:30

score 598 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:33

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.

Prerequirements

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

Picture of the SDK Manager

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.

Android Studio Gradle Sync reminder

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:

Errors in Eclipse

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.

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

Select API 21 Platform

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

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 — prabhakaran, Oct 21 '14 at 06:04
That's surprising. Did you clean & rebuild the project? Maybe you should import the project once again. — reVerse, Oct 21 '14 at 07:16
When I change AppCompat to 5.0 in eclipse, it no longer builds and the .bin folder is empty. — Clive Jefferies, Oct 22 '14 at 13:03
I was using Eclipse ADT and changing the target from Android 19 to 21 did the trick! Thanks! — KarenAnne, Nov 13 '14 at 10:01
Awesome, really i was struggling from past 2 days, but ur trick change Android-19 to 21 worked.. Thanks Man — Mukesh Garg, Nov 24 '14 at 08:17
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. — Bianca Daniciuc, Dec 18 '14 at 16:23
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'.` — reubenjohn, Jan 18 '15 at 18:32
@reVerse, iam still getting Cannot resolve symbol 'android:Theme.Material.Light' in in valules-v21 in android studio — Pankaj Nimgade, Mar 05 '15 at 11:01
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 — Amt87, Jan 12 '16 at 21:27
I am currently wrestling with the previous issues mentioned in eclipse / android. It really is a load of unreliable impenetrable bollocks. — AndyUK, May 02 '16 at 00:00
Thanks! This was so helpful. I had to change mine to 23 though. — nette, Jul 11 '16 at 06:14

loeschg · Answer 2 · 2014-10-20T01:36:46.590

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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.

Android Studio SDK Manager

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!

edited Oct 20 '14 at 01:36

answered Oct 17 '14 at 18:59

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This is the correct answer. Upgrading to 21 requires this, the new appcompat dependencies, and you need to download rev 12 of play services. – sbaar Oct 17 '14 at 19:24
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And be sure to run JDK 7 – Chad Bingham Oct 18 '14 at 16:23
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While still correct, see @reVerse's solution. It's more thorough :) – loeschg Nov 12 '14 at 17:02
didn't use neither one of the IDEs nor Gradle... is it similar when I use Ant and Notepad? – Valen Aug 29 '16 at 11:17

score 22 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 19 '14 at 09:08

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`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`

answered Nov 19 '14 at 09:08

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I used your way and set android-21 target in project and library and then clean both and done..thanks. – Md Mohsin Dec 08 '14 at 07:25
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where can I find the appcompat_v7 library? – SleepNot Jan 22 '15 at 08:08
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you can find appcompat_v7 lib in : adt-bundle-windows-x86_64 -->sdk -->\extras\ -->android\ -->support -->v7 – madhu527 Jan 22 '15 at 10:07
This answer in combination with loeschg's answer above resolved this issue in Eclipse. – Michael Todd Apr 06 '15 at 16:25

score 12 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 29 '14 at 14:49

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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.

answered Dec 29 '14 at 14:49

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I agree with you. After all, not everyone plans to target sdk at 21. – peacepassion Feb 05 '15 at 06:09

score 9 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 17 '14 at 20:03

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

answered Oct 17 '14 at 20:03

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Gianfranco P. · Answer 6 · 2015-10-02T12:31:54.487

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In Android Studio I was trying to set the compileSdkVersion and targetSdkVersion to 19.

My solution was to replace at the bottom of build.gradle, from this:

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:21.0.3'
}

To the older version of the appcompat library:

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:19.+'
}

edited Oct 02 '15 at 12:31

answered Feb 08 '15 at 23:45

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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 – Antwan Oct 15 '15 at 02:08

score 3 · Answer 7 · answered Dec 27 '15 at 18:56

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I had added another project to my workspace and was trying to reference an activity from it in the manifest file, and I was getting this error. The problem is I was referencing the library incorrectly. This is how I fixed the problem:

Right click on project
Select Properties
Click on Android on left menu
Click on Add
Please select a Library Project

The jar went into Android Dependencies folder and this error was fixed.

answered Dec 27 '15 at 18:56

live-love

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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. – Eugene Gr. Philippov Jul 03 '16 at 23:47

score 2 · Answer 8 · answered Oct 18 '14 at 16:30

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Make sure you clean your project in android studio (or eclipse),

It should solve your issues

answered Oct 18 '14 at 16:30

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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. – ChuongPham Oct 23 '14 at 16:05

score 2 · Answer 9 · answered Nov 06 '14 at 20:00

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Upgrading to latest gradle plugin solve my problem :

classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.13.+'

answered Nov 06 '14 at 20:00

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0.14.0 was actually released not too long ago – loeschg Nov 06 '14 at 20:01
yep, I was still using 0.12... maybe it can help someone else upgrading to 0.13 or 0.14 – avianey Nov 07 '14 at 05:19

score 2 · Answer 10 · answered Dec 03 '14 at 00:15

After creating a second project in the workspace in eclipse, I had this problem. I believe it is because I created it with a different SDK version and this ovewrote the android-support-v7-appcompat library.

I tried to clean everything up but to no avail. Ultimately, the suggestion above to edit project.properties and change target=android-21 and set my project to Android 5.0, fixed it.

score 2 · Answer 11 · answered Dec 11 '14 at 17:37

What I recomend is: (This works to me after many days with errors)

-Make sure that you have downloaded:

- the Lastest SDK Platform from the latest Android version
- Android Suppor Librarie and Repository from EXTRAS

-Redowload the ADT

-Make a security copy of your project.

-You must have the ADT, the workspace and the project that we will import in the same disk (e.g. C:/)

Now delete the app compat and your project.
In eclipse: File > Import > Android existing project > Next > Browse (The folder where you have your ADT)/sdk/extras/android/v7/appcompat > Import > Finish
Now in the eclipse Package Explorer: android-support-v7-appcompat/libs/ Make on the two JARS: Right click > Build Path > Add to Build Path
Right click on libs/ folder > Buil Path > Configure Build Path and check this two JARS > OK
On the upper eclipse bar > Project > Clean
Import your project > File > Import > Browse your project > Finish
Now, Right click on the projectfile and android-support-v7-appcompat > Properties > Android > And select the latest API that appears > OK
Right click on the projectfile > Properties > Android > Add > android-support-v7-appcompat
On the upper eclipse bar > Project > Clean

score 2 · Answer 12 · answered Apr 19 '15 at 10:04

I got the same error when I changed the Compile SDK version from API:21 to API:16. The problem was, appcompat version. If you need to use an older version of android API, so you have to change this appcompat version also. In my case (for API:16), I had to use appcompat-v7:19.+.

So I replace dependencies in build.gradle as follows,

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:19.+'
}

And make sure you have older versions of appcompat versions on your SDK enter image description here

score 2 · Answer 13 · answered Aug 03 '15 at 13:21

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I was up to date with everything and still got this error, not sure why but I think the image was corrupted in a strange way and after replacing the image I got rid of the error. Might be worth to try with a different image :)

answered Aug 03 '15 at 13:21

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score 1 · Answer 14 · answered Feb 19 '15 at 18:03

My problem was that I had other libraries that my project referenced and those libraries had another version of appcompat referenced. This is what I did to resolve the issue:

(You should back up your project before doing this)

1) I deleted all the appcompat layout folders (ex: /res/layout-v11).

2) Solved the problems that arose from that, usually an error in menu.xml

3) Back to main project and add appcompat library, clean, and everything works!

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

14 Answers14

Prerequirements

Android Studio

Eclipse

Solution

IntelliJ IDEA (not using Gradle)

Solution

Linked

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