ActionBar is not shown in android

Question

I am following udacity to course to learn android developement. when I run the app on emulator, action bar is not shown.

I have another activity which is triggered by the main activity. If I do not add following line in android_manifest file then when clicking on listview in main activity gives me following error

java.lang.IllegalStateException: You need to use a Theme.AppCompat theme (or descendant) with this activity.

So I googled this error and I got that App-Compat should be used. So I added this following line in android_manifest file

<application
....
....
  android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat"
>.....</application>

So after adding this line I get following screen which has no action bar.

When I remove the line in android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat manifest file, I get Action bar but after clicking the list view gives me that error

EDIT

This is my styles.xml file

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

EDIT

My manifest file

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  package="com.example.suraj.sunshine">

  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />

<application
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:supportsRtl="true"
    android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat">
    <activity android:name=".MainActivity">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

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


    <activity
        android:name=".DetailedActivity"
        android:label="@string/title_activity_detailed"
        android:parentActivityName=".MainActivity"
        >
        <meta-data
            android:name="android.support.PARENT_ACTIVITY"
            android:value="com.example.suraj.sunshine.MainActivity" />
    </activity>

    <activity
        android:name=".SettingsActivity"
        android:label="@string/title_activity_detailed"
        android:parentActivityName=".MainActivity"
        >
        <meta-data
            android:name="android.support.PARENT_ACTIVITY"
            android:value="com.example.suraj.sunshine.MainActivity" />
    </activity>
 </application>

</manifest>

Have you searched your `Error` – Pratik Butani Nov 30 '15 at 07:24 — Pratik Butani, Nov 30 '15 at 07:24
What are you extending in the `Activity` class – Paresh P. Nov 30 '15 at 07:24 — Paresh P., Nov 30 '15 at 07:24
@Trivial I am extending FragmentActivity class – Suraj Palwe Nov 30 '15 at 07:25 — Suraj Palwe, Nov 30 '15 at 07:25
pls show style file `"@style/Theme.AppCompat"` – mdtuyen Nov 30 '15 at 07:27 — mdtuyen, Nov 30 '15 at 07:27
Try to use `AppCompatActivity` instead – Paresh P. Nov 30 '15 at 07:27 — Paresh P., Nov 30 '15 at 07:27
@mdtuyen question updated with styles.xml file – Suraj Palwe Nov 30 '15 at 07:30 — Suraj Palwe, Nov 30 '15 at 07:30
add your whole manifest file here – Bhargav Nov 30 '15 at 07:33 — Bhargav, Nov 30 '15 at 07:33
@Bhargav manifest file added. Please see the edited post – Suraj Palwe Nov 30 '15 at 07:37 — Suraj Palwe, Nov 30 '15 at 07:37

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 30 '15 at 07:42

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Try this code in your Manifest.

//use android:theme="@style/AppTheme" Instead of android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat"

<application
    ....
    ....
      android:theme="@style/AppTheme"
    >.....</application>

answered Nov 30 '15 at 07:42

Venkatesh Selvam

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No this just made my screen background white color – Suraj Palwe Nov 30 '15 at 07:46

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 30 '15 at 08:22

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Try this in your style.xml:

 <style name="AppTheme" parent="AppBaseTheme">

And in manifest:

<application android:theme ="@style/AppTheme"> 

</application>

Hope it helps.

edited Nov 30 '15 at 08:22

Jiri Tousek

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answered Nov 30 '15 at 07:55

Pooja

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ActionBar is not shown in android

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