Java.lang.RuntimeException Theme.Sherlock

Question

I installed the update on google play and see this error:

java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.jim2/com.jim2.SettingWidgetActivity}: java.lang.IllegalStateException: You must use Theme.Sherlock, Theme.Sherlock.Light, Theme.Sherlock.Light.DarkActionBar, or a derivative. at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1815) at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1831) at android.app.ActivityThread.access$500(ActivityThread.java:122) at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1024) at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99) at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:132) at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4123) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:491) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:841) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:599) at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: You must use Theme.Sherlock, Theme.Sherlock.Light, Theme.Sherlock.Light.DarkActionBar, or a derivative. at com.actionbarsherlock.internal.ActionBarSherlockCompat.generateLayout(ActionBarSherlockCompat.java:1007) at com.actionbarsherlock.internal.ActionBarSherlockCompat.installDecor(ActionBarSherlockCompat.java:919) at com.actionbarsherlock.internal.ActionBarSherlockCompat.setContentView(ActionBarSherlockCompat.java:853) at com.actionbarsherlock.app.SherlockFragmentActivity.setContentView(SherlockFragmentActivity.java:251) at com.jim2.SettingWidgetActivity.onCreate(SettingWidgetActivity.java:37) at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:4397) at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1048) at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1779) ... 11 more 

I do not understand why this error occurs because it works fine on my devices.

Anyone have an idea?

Here is part of my Manifest.xml

 <application android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher" android:label="@string/app_name" android:theme="@style/Theme.Sherlock" > 

thank

Answer 1

Do not use android:theme="@style/Theme.Sherlock" .

Use setTheme(R.style.Theme_Sherlock); inside OnCreate .

eg.

 @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { setTheme(R.style.Theme_Sherlock); super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); // What you want to do here } 

Answer 2

You can simply inherit your Theme.Sherlock style

 <style name="MyAppTheme" parent="Theme.Sherlock"> 

then use your theme in the manifest

 android:theme="@style/MyAppTheme" 

You do not need to use setTheme on every page, as Moose said that it seems like a lot of work when there are much better solutions, noting the answer above, but I can not!

Answer 3

I agree with matt_lethargic. In my style file was:

 <style name="AppBaseTheme" parent="android:Theme.Holo.Light.DarkActionBar"> 

My application crashed after I changed it to:

 <style name="AppBaseTheme" parent="Theme.Sherlock">