Understanding appcompact values-v11/themes_base.xml errors

Question

I've just started a new android project on eclipse. As a project requirement, I've added appcompact-v7 support library into my android workspace.

As soon as the appcompat import completed, I get following errors in my eclipse console.

[2014-11-15 17:41:53 - android-support-v7-appcompat] D:\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140702\sdk\extras\android\support\v7\appcompat\res\values-v11\themes_base.xml:338: error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name: attr 'android:actionModeShareDrawable'.

[2014-11-15 17:41:53 - android-support-v7-appcompat] [2014-11-15 17:41:53 - android-support-v7-appcompat] D:\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140702\sdk\extras\android\support\v7\appcompat\res\values-v14\themes_base.xml:29: error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name: attr 'android:actionModeShareDrawable'.

[2014-11-15 17:41:53 - android-support-v7-appcompat] [2014-11-15 17:41:53 - android-support-v7-appcompat] D:\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140702\sdk\extras\android\support\v7\appcompat\res\values-v11\themes_base.xml:345: error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name: attr 'android:actionModeShareDrawable'.

[2014-11-15 17:41:53 - android-support-v7-appcompat] [2014-11-15 17:41:53 - android-support-v7-appcompat] D:\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140702\sdk\extras\android\support\v7\appcompat\res\values-v14\themes_base.xml:37: error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name: attr 'android:actionModeShareDrawable'.

[2014-11-15 17:41:53 - android-support-v7-appcompat] [2014-11-15 17:41:53 - android-support-v7-appcompat] D:\android_space\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140702\sdk\extras\android\support\v7\appcompat\res\values-v11\themes_base.xml:352: error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name: attr 'android:actionModeShareDrawable'.

[2014-11-15 17:41:53 - android-support-v7-appcompat] [2014-11-15 17:41:53 - android-support-v7-appcompat] D:\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140702\sdk\extras\android\support\v7\appcompat\res\values-v14\themes_base.xml:45: error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name: attr 'android:actionModeShareDrawable'.

[2014-11-15 17:41:53 - android-support-v7-appcompat] [2014-11-15 17:41:53 - android-support-v7-appcompat] D:\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140702\sdk\extras\android\support\v7\appcompat\res\values-v11\themes_base.xml:359: error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name: attr 'android:actionModeShareDrawable'.

[2014-11-15 17:41:53 - android-support-v7-appcompat] [2014-11-15 17:41:53 - android-support-v7-appcompat] D:\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140702\sdk\extras\android\support\v7\appcompat\res\values-v14\themes_base.xml:53: error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name: attr 'android:actionModeShareDrawable'.

[2014-11-15 17:41:53 - android-support-v7-appcompat] [2014-11-15 17:41:54 - android-support-v7-appcompat] D:\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140702\sdk\extras\android\support\v7\appcompat\res\values-v11\themes_base.xml:338: error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name: attr 'android:actionModeShareDrawable'.

[2014-11-15 17:41:54 - android-support-v7-appcompat] [2014-11-15 17:41:54 - android-support-v7-appcompat] D:\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140702\sdk\extras\android\support\v7\appcompat\res\values-v14\themes_base.xml:29: error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name: attr 'android:actionModeShareDrawable'.

[2014-11-15 17:41:54 - android-support-v7-appcompat] [2014-11-15 17:41:54 - android-support-v7-appcompat] D:\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140702\sdk\extras\android\support\v7\appcompat\res\values-v11\themes_base.xml:345: error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name: attr 'android:actionModeShareDrawable'.

[2014-11-15 17:41:54 - android-support-v7-appcompat] [2014-11-15 17:41:54 - android-support-v7-appcompat] D:\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140702\sdk\extras\android\support\v7\appcompat\res\values-v14\themes_base.xml:37: error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name: attr 'android:actionModeShareDrawable'.

[2014-11-15 17:41:54 - android-support-v7-appcompat] [2014-11-15 17:41:54 - android-support-v7-appcompat] D:\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140702\sdk\extras\android\support\v7\appcompat\res\values-v11\themes_base.xml:352: error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name: attr 'android:actionModeShareDrawable'.

[2014-11-15 17:41:54 - android-support-v7-appcompat] [2014-11-15 17:41:54 - android-support-v7-appcompat] D:\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140702\sdk\extras\android\support\v7\appcompat\res\values-v14\themes_base.xml:45: error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name: attr 'android:actionModeShareDrawable'.

[2014-11-15 17:41:54 - android-support-v7-appcompat] [2014-11-15 17:41:54 - android-support-v7-appcompat] D:\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140702\sdk\extras\android\support\v7\appcompat\res\values-v11\themes_base.xml:359: error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name: attr 'android:actionModeShareDrawable'.

[2014-11-15 17:41:54 - android-support-v7-appcompat] [2014-11-15 17:41:54 - android-support-v7-appcompat] D:\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140702\sdk\extras\android\support\v7\appcompat\res\values-v14\themes_base.xml:53: error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name: attr 'android:actionModeShareDrawable'. [2014-11-15 17:41:54 - android-support-v7-appcompat]

I am aware that this error is within the themes_base.xml file in various values folders.

Please help me fix this error.

Answer 1

You need to add the v4 library as well and make sure you set both libraries up as per these instructions.

Answer 2

You can try to change your android:minSdkVersion on AndroidManifest.xml on appcompat_v7 project.

AndroidManifest.xml on appcompat_v7

Before:

android:minSdkVersion="7"

After

android:minSdkVersion="8"

In my case, I've got the default value of android:minSdkVersion="7" and solved when I've changed to "8". Hope it helps :)