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

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Missing styles. Is the correct theme chosen for this layout? Use the Theme combo box above the layout to choose a different layout, or fix the theme style references. Failed to find style mapViewStyle in current theme.

I tried every solutions available to solve this problem but nothing seems to work. I have included library in the manifest file. I even created style is styles.xml, I have chosen Google Apis build target as well.

Can somebody please give me a solution?

here is my xml file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
style="@style/AppTheme"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" >


 <com.google.android.maps.MapView
     android:id="@+id/themap"
     style="@style/mapViewStyle"
     android:layout_width="fill_parent"
     android:layout_height="fill_parent"
     android:apiKey="here i have my key"
     android:clickable="true"
     android:enabled="true" />

  </RelativeLayout>

Here is my manifest snippet:

  <uses-library android:name="com.google.android.maps" />

    <activity
        android:name=".MainActivity"
        android:label="@string/title_activity_main" >
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

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

    <activity android:name=".Third"  android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Black"/>
  </application>

here is my style.xml file

<resources>
    <style name="mapViewStyle" parent="@android:style/Theme.Black">
    </style>
</resources>

Thank you for your response, I m new to Android development. It didn't solve the problem. I added AppTheme but I'm still getting the same error. I changed the whole application's theme to Theme.Light so that there won't be any more conflicts. But the problem still persists!!! I can't figure out how to overcome this problem. — , Nov 18 '12 at 13:12
When I run the application, it runs fine til the second activity but in the activity which displays maps, it displays "Unfortunately yourapp has stopped" — , Nov 18 '12 at 13:14
@DebeshAdhikari If your problem is solved, consider accepting the answer which helped you solve it — Sachin Jain, Nov 18 '15 at 13:12
Changing `minSDKVersion` and `targetSdkVersion` in `build.gradle` file worked for me. — rupinderjeet, Jun 01 '16 at 10:52
This issue happens sometimes you create too many projects. And I try everything I can do, it doesn't work. Finally I just restart my Android Studio, you know what, it works normally! — DysaniazzZ, Aug 03 '16 at 14:56

gbero · Answer 1 · 2015-12-18T08:06:26.117

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For Android Studio (or IntelliJ IDEA),

If everything looks OK in your project and you're still receiving the error in your layouts, try to 'Invalidate caches & restart'.

Enjoy a coffee while Android Studio is recreating caches & indexes.

how to invalidate cache & restart

edited Dec 18 '15 at 08:06

answered Aug 21 '14 at 08:22

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Thanks. For me the error occurred in IntelliJ IDEA when I upgraded from 13.0.3 to 13.1.4, and this fixed it. – RenniePet Aug 23 '14 at 04:23
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Thnx, m new to Android Studio, and searching for this answer i found your one is exact what i needed. – Ali Ansari Sep 01 '14 at 20:41
Thank you, this solved my problem on Android Studio 1.0 RC 2, Windows 7. – Sabuncu Dec 01 '14 at 15:24
This worked for me, running Android Studio 1.0.2, Mac OS X 10.9 – yiwei Dec 29 '14 at 21:45
Works for me on Android Studio on Mac. – mdgrech Dec 30 '15 at 04:00
Worked for Android Studio 1.5.1 on Windows 10 – Greg T Mar 30 '16 at 18:56
Worked for me AppTheme wasnt showing in the Theme editor, now it does. – Nicolas Manzini Apr 12 '16 at 14:21
Works for me on AndroidStudio 2.2 on Mac. Thanks~ – KaKa Sep 21 '16 at 07:44
I just Restarted Android Studio and worked for me. (If you want to save some time then try this first.) – Chintan Shah Oct 05 '16 at 10:20
It works, but if I change to another generic phone or tablet, the same Theme and the same message pops up :( – TonyL Dec 14 '16 at 11:06
It works. Enjoy a coffee while Android Studio is recreating caches & indexes lol – PHPFan Jul 04 '19 at 22:06

score 154 · Answer 2 · answered May 30 '13 at 10:02

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I had the same problem and found it was the Theme dropdown at the top of the graphical layout editor. I changed from Holo to Theme and the layout displayed and error disappeared.

answered May 30 '13 at 10:02

Benno

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I changed it from "App Theme" to "App Compat" and that fixed it for me. BTW: grates are great at preventing kittens from being swept down into the sewer. – B. Clay Shannon-B. Crow Raven Mar 31 '14 at 15:30
Your answer is worked for me.I check my theme in style,then I choose it in the layout too :) – Stephen Dec 23 '14 at 03:38
Thank you! It works for me. I chosen "Holo.Light.NoActionBar" – Andrew G Feb 06 '17 at 13:25

Henry Zhu · Answer 3 · 2016-06-27T19:46:34.573

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What I usually do is the following: a Gradle Clean, Rebuild and Sync all my Gradle files. After that I restart Android Studio, and I go to:

Select Theme -> Project Themes -> AppTheme

edited Jun 27 '16 at 19:46

answered Aug 06 '15 at 15:42

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score 13 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 09 '16 at 07:06

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This is because you select not a theme of your project. Try to do next:

answered Aug 09 '16 at 07:06

Yuliia Ashomok

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Work for me, Thx. – Ego Slayer Jan 25 '17 at 18:02

score 8 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 03 '16 at 09:34

If we are creating too many projects using Android Studio sometime Rendering issue comes. Even creating a blank activity we receive such rendering error. Please shut down and restart Android studio. In case the issue persists you can

Hope this helps. It works similar fashion as rule of thumb, in case all looks good and still error persists a restart of application usually resolves the issue.

redocoder · Answer 6 · 2016-04-15T11:44:59.920

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In my case the problem occurred while the default setting for Android Version in the Designer was set to 'Preview N'. Changed Android Version to '23' and the error notification went away.
Edit
And don't forget to uncheck 'Automatically Pick Best'.

edited Apr 15 '16 at 11:44

answered Apr 15 '16 at 08:55

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score 2 · Answer 7 · answered Mar 05 '16 at 19:14

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I had the same problem using Android Studio 1.5.1.

This was solved by using the Android SDK Manager and updating Android Support Library, as well as Local Maven repository for Support Libraries.

After updating the SDK and restarting Android Studio, the problem was rectified.

Hope this helps anyone who has the same problem after trying other suggestions.

answered Mar 05 '16 at 19:14

keshav.bahadoor

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I didn't try any of the other suggestion, went right to this one and my preview rendered without errors after updating SDK then restarting Android Studio. – xpagesbeast Oct 19 '16 at 02:25

score 2 · Answer 8 · edited Dec 29 '16 at 09:40

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I solved it by changing "classpath" in "dependencies" in build.gradles.

Just change:

dependencies {
    classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.3.0-alpha2'

or something like that to:

dependencies {
    classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.2.3'

edited Dec 29 '16 at 09:40

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answered Dec 29 '16 at 09:22

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Bazanov Aleksey · Answer 9 · 2014-10-06T20:09:55.350

I got this error after overriding action bar style like this. Also i lost action bar in preview.

<style name="general_app_theme" parent="@style/Theme.AppCompat">
    <!-- for API level 11 -->
    <item name="android:actionBarStyle">@style/action_bar_style</item>

    <!-- Support library compatibility -->
    <item name="actionBarStyle">@style/action_bar_style</item>

</style>

<style name="action_bar_style" parent="@style/Widget.AppCompat.ActionBar">
    <!-- for API level 11 -->
    <item name="android:height">@dimen/action_bar_height</item>
    <item name="android:background">@color/action_bar_color</item>
    <item name="android:displayOptions">showTitle</item>

    <!-- Support library compatibility -->
    <item name="displayOptions">showTitle</item>
</style>

So, problem is overriding theme by my custom. this is the reason, why I've changed AppCompat (from "Project Themes") to general_app_theme (from "Manifest Themes"). Now I have no this error and action bar in preview come back.

score 1 · Answer 10 · answered Jan 25 '16 at 02:59

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Try switching the theme in the design view to one of the options in "Manifest Themes". I'm guessing this is Because you are inheriting the theme from the manifest to support multiple api levels. It worked for me anyway.

answered Jan 25 '16 at 02:59

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score 1 · Answer 11 · answered Mar 21 '16 at 10:54

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With reference to the answer provided by @Benno: Instead of changing to a specific theme, you can simply choose 'DeviceDefault' from the theme menu. This should choose the theme most compatible with the emulated device.

answered Mar 21 '16 at 10:54

Alex Ivan Howard

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score 1 · Answer 12 · edited Jun 09 '16 at 08:26

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If you still have the problem after trying all the solutions above， please try modify the API Level as shown below. Incorrect API Level may also cause the problem.

edited Jun 09 '16 at 08:26

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answered Jun 09 '16 at 06:31

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score 1 · Answer 13 · answered Jun 13 '16 at 19:54

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I got the same problem with my customized theme that used Holo.Light as its parent. In grayed text Android Studio indicated that some attributes were missing. When I added these missing attributes as follows, the rendering problems went away -

    <item name="android:textEditSuggestionItemLayout"></item>
    <item name="android:textEditSuggestionContainerLayout"></item>
    <item name="android:textEditSuggestionHighlightStyle"></item>

Even though they introduced errors in my style's theme, they caused no problems in rendering the activity designs or building my app.

answered Jun 13 '16 at 19:54

Earl Allen

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I spoke too soon - the screens rendered okay; however, I am getting 'No resource found' for the Container and Style lines'. Stay tuned. – Earl Allen Jun 13 '16 at 20:03
Evidently the parent theme of android.'theme.Holo.Light' is missing these attributes and there is no documentation I can find to include them. I solved my problem by switching to the 'android.theme.Holo' theme. – Earl Allen Jun 13 '16 at 20:39

score 1 · Answer 14 · answered Jul 29 '16 at 08:41

It can be fixed by changing your theme in styles.xml from Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar to Base.Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
        <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
        <item name="colorPrimary">@color/colorPrimary</item>
        <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
        <item name="colorAccent">@color/colorAccent</item>
    </style>

to

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Base.Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
        <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
        <item name="colorPrimary">@color/colorPrimary</item>
        <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
        <item name="colorAccent">@color/colorAccent</item>
    </style>

and clean the project. It will surely help.

score 0 · Answer 15 · edited Apr 07 '15 at 23:12

Most of the errors in XML happen due to the names you have given to the resources.

Images stored in the drawable folder need to be named in a proper manner. just check these things:

Are there any duplicate files? if so remove the duplicates. (For example "image.jpg" and "image.png" are not allowed in the same time. It will not show any errors but sometimes it will show that R.java cannot be resolved)
Do the filenames contains any uppercase letters? If so right click on that file->refactor->rename and rename it with all lowercase, no hyphens, and only a-z and 0-9 are allowed.

Just make sure of the above cases.

score 0 · Answer 16 · edited Jul 31 '16 at 14:42

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You can simply remove this error through change "App theme" and select any theme such as light. This error will be removed.

edited Jul 31 '16 at 14:42

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score 0 · Answer 17 · answered Dec 28 '16 at 11:33

I meet the same problem.Select theme to another one in preview can solve problem temporary.Like the image

Finally,I found out that there are AppTheme and AppBaseTheme in my styles.xml. And AppTheme has parent AppBaseTheme. The AppBaseTheme has parent of one system style.

And every layout file use the theme AppTheme. Just change AppTheme's parent to AppBaseTheme's parent. It solve the problem permanent.

score 0 · Answer 18 · answered Jan 03 '17 at 12:39

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Just need click button 'AppTheme', and choose 'Manifest Themes'. It works in most cases.

answered Jan 03 '17 at 12:39

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score 0 · Answer 19 · answered Apr 17 '17 at 12:53

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For me, it was occurring on menu.xml file as i was using android:Theme.Light as my theme, So what i did was -

Added new Folder in res directory named values-v21.
Added android:Theme.Material.Light as AppTheme in styles.xml.

answered Apr 17 '17 at 12:53

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score 0 · Answer 20 · answered May 22 '17 at 15:50

This is very late but i like to share my experience this same issue. i face the same issue in Android studio i tried to some other solution that i found in internet but nothing works for me unless i REBUILD THE PROJECT and it solve my issue.

Hope this will works for you too.

Happy coding.

score 0 · Answer 21 · answered Aug 23 '17 at 16:38

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Change your App theme to AppCombat..

answered Aug 23 '17 at 16:38

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