Unit test for android studio will not start because the styles.xml file cannot find the "Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar"

Question

I am trying to test the database using an AndroidJUnit4 test and the test keeps failing. I have tried commenting it out but it still will not work.

This is the error I get:

Error:Execution failed for task ':app:processDebugResources'. com.android.ide.common.process.ProcessException: org.gradle.process.internal.ExecException: Process 'command 'C:\Users\Bennett\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\build-tools\22.0.1\aapt.exe'' finished with non-zero exit value 1

It also says for the Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar: cannot resolve symbol.

possible duplicate of [No resource found - Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21900853/no-resource-found-theme-appcompat-light-darkactionbar) — Hussein El Feky, Aug 21 '15 at 21:32

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 21 '15 at 21:35

AppCompat is a library. You need to reference the library in your android project.

Check this link and follow it: https://developer.android.com/tools/support-library/setup.html#add-library

You need to download Android Support Library and Repository from your SDK Manager.

Unit test for android studio will not start because the styles.xml file cannot find the "Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar"

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