Android Studio Rendering Error: Missing Styles

Question

I'm trying to learn Android through the tutorials at TheNewBoston.com. In the tutorial, I'm supposed to switch to the material light theme. That's when I get the error. It says:

Missing styles. Is the correct theme chosen for the layout?

Here's a screen shot:

Screenshot

Here's what I've tried:

I've tried switching out of Android API 23, N preview for a lower API
I've tried changing code in the styles.xml file from

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

to

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Base.Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
I've tried invalidating the cache and restarting.

Nothing seems to be working. I'm very new at Android and just want to get the IDE set up correctly. I also get this message on startup and I think it's related to the error:

Related Error

Himanshu Shekher Jha · Answer 1 · 2016-03-29T06:08:34.500

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Change your layout Preview from API N to API 23. also select target and compile sdk version 23.

Change Compile sdk version and Build SDK version

edited Mar 29 '16 at 06:08

answered Mar 29 '16 at 06:01

Himanshu Shekher Jha

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Sorry, how do I select target and compile under a different version? – Taylor Liss Mar 29 '16 at 06:05
go to file> Project structure > select app > Select Property tab > and select Compile sdk version and Build sdk version to 23. Android N is currently not appropriate for development. – Himanshu Shekher Jha Mar 29 '16 at 06:07
Thanks for the detailed explanation. Unfortunately the problem persists – Taylor Liss Mar 29 '16 at 06:12
You also need to change your Layout preview API to 23. Go to Your layout> Select Preview> Then select API 23 level on top. – Himanshu Shekher Jha Mar 29 '16 at 06:29

Ragesh Ramesh · Answer 2 · 2016-03-29T05:37:20.033

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Have you added this line to your build.gradle file under dependencies

   compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.2.1'

Note that the support version number might be higher for you. Add below line too to your depedencies

    compile 'com.android.support:design:23.2.1'

edited Mar 29 '16 at 05:37

answered Mar 29 '16 at 05:24

Ragesh Ramesh

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Currently under build.gradle(Module:app)'s dependencies I have 23.2.1. I tried putting in your code, but no dice :-( – Taylor Liss Mar 29 '16 at 05:30
Did you try clicking on automatically add all missing attributes. Seems like some of your views are missing height and width. – Ragesh Ramesh Mar 29 '16 at 05:44
Yea, I click it and nothing happens. – Taylor Liss Mar 29 '16 at 05:46
this is weird... Did you update android studio? Check if there are any updates for it. It might not be related but who knows – Ragesh Ramesh Mar 29 '16 at 05:47
Tried updating - says I'm up to date. Currently have 25.0.10 Build number AI-143.2682552 – Taylor Liss Mar 29 '16 at 05:53

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:02

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In theme dropdown at the top of the graphical display of layout. change Theme.

check your theme in style than choose it in the layout too

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changed from Holo to Theme and the layout displayed and error disappeared.

check this answer for more detail

edited May 23 '17 at 12:02

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answered Mar 29 '16 at 05:32

Amit Vaghela

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what theme you have currently ? – Amit Vaghela Mar 29 '16 at 05:36
check your theme in style,then choose it in the layout too.@TaylorLiss – Amit Vaghela Mar 29 '16 at 05:43
AppTheme works, but if I try any of the other themes (Material Light, Holo Light, etc.) they don't work. – Taylor Liss Mar 29 '16 at 05:44
that is because that doest exist in your styles.xml. – Amit Vaghela Mar 29 '16 at 05:45
check your theme in style and than apply that too. it will solve your issue. – Amit Vaghela Mar 29 '16 at 05:45
In styles.xml it says – Taylor Liss Mar 29 '16 at 05:55
it doest exist ? or what error you are getting now ? @TaylorLiss – Amit Vaghela Mar 29 '16 at 05:57

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 07 '17 at 17:44

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Reinstalling Android Studio and right-clicking the shortcut to run the program as administrator sorted out the problem.

answered Apr 07 '17 at 17:44

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Android Studio Rendering Error: Missing Styles

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