AppCompat does not support the current theme features - nothing works

Question

I'm trying to use MaterialDesign in my project but I'm getting this error all the time:

Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: AppCompat does not support the current theme features: { windowActionBar: false, windowActionBarOverlay: false, android:windowIsFloating: false, windowActionModeOverlay: false, windowNoTitle: false }
        at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV7.ensureSubDecor(AppCompatDelegateImplV7.java:371)
        at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV7.initWindowDecorActionBar(AppCompatDelegateImplV7.java:173)
        at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplBase.getSupportActionBar(AppCompatDelegateImplBase.java:87)
        at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV7.setSupportActionBar(AppCompatDelegateImplV7.java:197)
        at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity.setSupportActionBar(AppCompatActivity.java:99)
        at de.memorian.playpal.MainActivity.afterInject(MainActivity.java:72)

I've reade through similar problems but everytime I'm getting the same error.

MainActivity.java:

@EActivity(R.layout.activity_main)
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

@ViewById
protected Toolbar toolbar;

@AfterInject
public void afterInject() {
    setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
    getSupportActionBar().setDisplayShowHomeEnabled(true);
}
}

styles.xml:

<style name="AppTheme" parent="AppTheme.Base"/>

<style name="AppTheme.Base" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
    <item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
    <item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
    <item name="colorPrimary">@color/colorPrimary</item>
    <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
    <item name="colorAccent">@color/colorAccent</item>
</style>

styles-v21.xml:

style name="AppTheme" parent="AppTheme.Base">
    <!-- enable window content transitions -->
    <item name="android:windowContentTransitions">true</item>
    <item name="android:windowAllowEnterTransitionOverlap">true</item>
    <item name="android:windowAllowReturnTransitionOverlap">true</item>
    <!-- specify shared element transitions -->
    <item name="android:windowSharedElementEnterTransition">@android:transition/move</item>
    <item name="android:windowSharedElementExitTransition">@android:transition/move</item>
</style>

I've tried setting parent theme to any derivation of .NoActionBar, but still. I've also tried removing all code from AndroidAnnotations and doing it the regular way with setContentView and findViewById(R.id.toolbar). Only thing that bothers me is that I set windowNoTitle to true but in the log it says it is false.

Any help?

Check the answers in http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20653305/full-screen-theme-for-appcompat — Joe Bowbeer, Oct 09 '15 at 03:48

score 134 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 02 '15 at 07:36

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Change:

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

to:

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

answered Oct 02 '15 at 07:36

Ojonugwa Jude Ochalifu

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what is the difference – Mina F. Beshay Dec 28 '16 at 21:02
in my case it was the opposite of your explanation – Marcel Hofgesang Mar 17 '20 at 11:29

Syex · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-28T21:22:21.367

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To anyone else having this problem, I just found the problem: Apparently there exists another theme with name "AppTheme". I don't know why and how, but changing my theme's name solved the problem.

This was the answer to my problem.

edited Oct 28 '15 at 21:22

answered Sep 16 '15 at 18:44

Syex

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worked for me — in my case my project was working, then I brought in a custom view and it started crashing like this. Changing the name resolved the issue. I imagine somewhere in the custom view's gradle import there is a definition of "AppTheme" – roberto tomás Apr 26 '16 at 11:37
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worked after changing from **parent="AppTheme"** to **parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar"** – FabioStein Aug 10 '18 at 21:04

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 15 '17 at 11:19

Add them on Activity MainActivity in your AndroidManifest.xml file

like this

        android:name=".MainActivity"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 28 '21 at 13:17

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In the theme.xml file, had set

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

to false. changed it to true.

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

do that if you did this.

answered Mar 28 '21 at 13:17

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 12 '22 at 06:34

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I got the same problem and just Rebuilding my project solved the issue. Hope it may help someone.

answered Jun 12 '22 at 06:34

Akhilendra Singh

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Aug 05 '22 at 16:50

While migrating to Material3 I faced the same issue. What you need to do is extend the NoActionBar theme.

This:

<style name="Theme.AppDefault" parent="@style/Theme.Material3.DayNight">

Has to be changed to:

<style name="Theme.AppDefault" parent="@style/Theme.Material3.DayNight.NoActionBar">

score -2 · Answer 7 · answered Dec 03 '15 at 16:42

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Copy this code in your main style:

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

answered Dec 03 '15 at 16:42

lucas_marciano

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why is that such a common answer? looking at the error log, it is explicitly saying the opposite: "windowAcitonBar: false" is _not_ supported. – roberto tomás Apr 25 '16 at 23:45

AppCompat does not support the current theme features - nothing works

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