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

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I tried to migrate a project from Eclipse to Android studio. Finally I am able to run it, but at a certain point I got this exception, and I found nothing in google about this:

04-22 00:08:15.484    9891-9891/hu.illion.kwindoo E/AndroidRuntime﹕ FATAL EXCEPTION: main
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{hu.illion.kwindoo/hu.illion.kwindoo.activity.MainActivity}: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: AppCompat does not support the current theme features
    at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2092)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2117)
    ...    
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 hu.illion.kwindoo.activity.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:73)
    at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5047)
    at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1094)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2056)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2117)
    ...

73. line of MainActivity is:

setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

Please advice me if you can.

Never seen this but perhaps you're using a feature in R.layout.activity_main that requires a different version of the Android API? - Though Android Studio likes to tell you about those things... Goodluck — Gready, Apr 21 '15 at 22:22
Can you put your .gradle files in here as well? You probably depend on a old appcompat? — RaphMclee, Apr 22 '15 at 05:39
Possible duplicate of [Upgraded to AppCompat v22.1.0 and now getting IllegalArgumentException: AppCompat does not support the current theme features](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29790070/upgraded-to-appcompat-v22-1-0-and-now-getting-illegalargumentexception-appcompa) — blahdiblah, Apr 30 '15 at 01:14

score 242 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 22 '15 at 13:57

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alternative to @sbaar's answer,

keep windowActionBar to false and add windowNoTitleas well and set it to true.

ie

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

edited Apr 22 '15 at 13:57

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answered Apr 22 '15 at 05:36

SteelBytes

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I had to do this to my app after updating to the latest appcompt (22.1) today. that's all I have changed and my app now works again. – SteelBytes Apr 22 '15 at 05:39
I don't use custom scheme (I use Theme.AppCompat) but I have the same exception. How to fix that? – wilddev Apr 23 '15 at 09:21
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that's strange, but works after switch ActionBarActivity -> AppCompatActivity – pawegio Apr 27 '15 at 18:01
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This answer did not work for me. Only @sbaar answer worked. Your theme should inherit from: Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar in addition to those: false and true – blueware Apr 28 '15 at 07:26
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This works for themes that don't have an alternative in ```NoActionBar``` style. In my example it works for ```Theme.AppCompat.Light.Dialog``` – dobridog May 13 '15 at 16:29
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This works when inheriting from Theme.AppComapt.NoActionBar. Perfect! – Tariq Jul 30 '15 at 22:17
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I want to buy you a beer. – b4da Aug 11 '15 at 03:08
I want to drink that beer :-) – SteelBytes Aug 11 '15 at 03:16
But how set title now? – Vlado Pandžić Apr 27 '16 at 11:36
please help me. i have that problem. why this code not work for me https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44923662/why-appcompat-does-not-support-the-current-theme-features-windowactionbar-false – A Maharaja Jul 05 '17 at 12:05
Still not working? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45643107/appcompat-does-not-support-the-current-theme – Ruchir Baronia Aug 11 '17 at 23:40
I had a similar problem (`com.android.support:appcompat-v7:24.2.1` & `compileSdkVersion 24`) when I tried to remove the action bar without setting it to fullscreen: `AppCompat does not support the current theme features: { windowActionBar: false, windowActionBarOverlay: false, android:windowIsFloating: false, windowActionModeOverlay: false, windowNoTitle: false }` and the apparently faulty line in my MainActivity was `setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);`. Your suggestion fixed it for me (even with `parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar"`), thanks! – Neph Jun 05 '18 at 12:43
Thank you, it's top 1 answer ) – Lev Khruschev Nov 29 '20 at 19:00

score 42 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 21 '15 at 22:41

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Remove

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

from your theme, then make sure you are inheriting from a .NoActionBar Theme, then set your toolbar like normal.

answered Apr 21 '15 at 22:41

sbaar

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And why should i modify a thing ? This project was verry well with eclipse for months. – Adam Varhegyi Apr 22 '15 at 05:34
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Because some hours ago Google released their version 22.1 of the support library, causing this issue in your project (and in mine as well). It's just a coincidence, not because of the migration to Android Studio. – jmart Apr 22 '15 at 14:33
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For me, inheriting the theme from .NoActionBar was the key, no element removal was needed. – Sergey Aldoukhov Apr 23 '15 at 05:27

Anggrayudi H · Answer 3 · 2017-02-08T08:47:54.287

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Make sure that your theme is child from Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar, then in styles.xml:

<style name="MyMaterialTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar">
        <item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
        ...
</style>

Btw, it's a new issue for Support Library 22.1.

edited Feb 08 '17 at 08:47

answered Apr 24 '15 at 16:58

Anggrayudi H

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@QadirHussain, No, didn't. – Anggrayudi H May 30 '15 at 16:24
AppCompat.NoActionBar made all my textView color white use Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar instead – Hitesh Sahu Feb 07 '17 at 12:07
Doesn't work still https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45643107/appcompat-does-not-support-the-current-theme – Ruchir Baronia Aug 11 '17 at 23:41

score 16 · Answer 4 · edited Dec 18 '19 at 16:08

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Check if you call setContentView() after super.onCreate(), and not before. This helped in my case.

edited Dec 18 '19 at 16:08

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answered Apr 23 '15 at 09:40

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Had windowNoTitle and windowActionBar but still didn't work. This fixed it for me. Thanks! – avb May 08 '15 at 13:22

score 5 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 03 '15 at 10:46

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Use this parent in Style.xml parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar"

answered Jul 03 '15 at 10:46

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Thanks For the answer. :) – Kaveesh Kanwal Jul 07 '15 at 05:24
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45643107/appcompat-does-not-support-the-current-theme – Ruchir Baronia Aug 11 '17 at 23:42

score 3 · Answer 6 · edited Mar 14 '16 at 16:38

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Make sure that

super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

are at the top of everything this works for me....good luck

edited Mar 14 '16 at 16:38

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answered Jul 09 '15 at 08:23

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score 3 · Answer 7 · answered Jul 13 '15 at 14:24

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

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

and the error goes away.

answered Jul 13 '15 at 14:24

Setmax

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dont mention it. happy to see your comment. – Setmax Jul 28 '15 at 10:50

score 2 · Answer 8 · answered Nov 27 '16 at 07:34

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if you have added <item name="windowActionBar">false</item>, then ,you need to add

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

to solve the problem.

answered Nov 27 '16 at 07:34

score 1 · Answer 9 · answered Aug 22 '15 at 11:34

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add dependency to gradle like this

compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:21.0.3'

answered Aug 22 '15 at 11:34

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score 1 · Answer 10 · answered Oct 07 '15 at 08:29

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I solved the issue by my main Activity extending AppCompatActivity :)

answered Oct 07 '15 at 08:29

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score 1 · Answer 11 · answered Oct 27 '18 at 23:31

I had same issue somewhat, removed android: from my syles.xml as per below;

 <!-- caused crash -->
 <item name="android:windowActionBar">false</item>
 <item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>

 <!-- didn't cause crash -->
 <item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
 <item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>

score 0 · Answer 12 · answered Apr 30 '15 at 18:03

I had the same problem when I upgraded the library version from 22.0.0 to 22.1.1 and fixed it by dropping back to the previous version: com.android.support:appcompat-v7:22.0.0 and go back to using ActionBarActivity, not AppCompatActivity in my Activity classes as required by the newer version of the compatibility library. I'll try again later.

score 0 · Answer 13 · answered May 28 '15 at 07:10

just Use this in your style.xml no other editing is needed

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

<!-- theme customizations -->

<item name="colorPrimary">@color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
<item name="colorAccent">@color/colorAccent</item>
</style>

don't add anything in to activity file please leave it

public class Main extends ActionBarActivity {

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

 }

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
return true;
} 

@Override
 public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
// Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
// automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
// as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
int id = item.getItemId();
if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
    return true;
}
return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}

 }

score 0 · Answer 14 · edited Jul 14 '15 at 06:21

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In Java class change Main extends ActionBarActivity to Main extends Activity. It worked for me.

edited Jul 14 '15 at 06:21

Qiu

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شبير البلوشي

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score 0 · Answer 15 · answered Mar 14 '16 at 16:18

In my case, I look for @rewrihitesh answer, and I notice that I inverted elements order. Changing from

setContentView(R.layout.activity_test);
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

to

super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_test);

Fix my problem.

Hope it helps !!

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