Applying a theme to v7 Support Action Bar

android, android-actionbar, android-support-library, android-theme

Solution

You need to provide two API specific styles.xml. In your values/styles.xml use

<style name="AppTheme" parent="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
        <item name="actionBarStyle">@style/ActionBarTheme</item>
</style>

and in your values-v14/styles.xml use

<style name="AppTheme" parent="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
        <item name="android:actionBarStyle">@style/ActionBarTheme</item>
</style>

Problem

I am using the support v7 library to implement `ActionBar` in my app..I have this in my `styles.xml` file ``` <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <resources xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"> <style name="AppTheme" parent="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar"> <item name="android:actionBarStyle">@style/ActionBarTheme</item> </style> <style name="ActionBarTheme" parent="android:Widget.ActionBar"> <item name="android:background">#FFFF0000</item> </style> </resources> ``` However, Eclipse complains in the `actionBarStyle` line. The error is this one: `android:actionBarStyle requires API level 11 (current min is 8)` What can I do to apply my theme to API levels 8-10?

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