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Android Build an Interactive Story App (Retired) User Input Hiding the ActionBar with an App Theme

Posted by Timothy oberlander
Timothy oberlander
1,395 Points

I didn't have a separate folder called values v21 so when I changed the styles value to "noAcationBar" it changed the pr

I'm not sure why I didn't have the folder but I tried updating my SDK with 5.0 and it did not change things.

6 Answers

Lisa Steendam
Lisa Steendam
6,825 Points
Lisa Steendam
Lisa Steendam
6,825 Points

Me neither but if I go in the values folder, there is a styles folder which contains 2 style.xml files. One of them has (v21) in light grey next to it. So instead of 2 values directories, you get one styles directory with an xml file for each version.

I am using Android Studio.

Oron Ben Zvi
Oron Ben Zvi
14,041 Points
Oron Ben Zvi
Oron Ben Zvi
14,041 Points

I also have 1.0 It's just that new projects aren't created with the styles-v21 anymore, even with the old file layout (and of course i cannot expand the "styles.xml" to the two versions).

I've also tried to create styles-v21 folder and added styles.xml exactly like Ben's but app crashes.

I guess it's working differently now. wonder how.

Ivan Grancharov
Ivan Grancharov
4,342 Points
Ivan Grancharov
Ivan Grancharov
4,342 Points

I had the same issue, that the styles-v21 folder wasn't visible in my Android Studio 1.0.1 with a gradle settings minSdkVersion 14 targetSdkVersion 21

When I choose to use an android:Theme.Material.NoActionBar.Fullscreen in the default style.xml file it gave me an error for the API because Theme.Material needs API 21.

Then clicked on the error text , then Alt+Enter and click Override resource in styles-v21.

The styles-v21 folder will show up. Then i defined my correct Themes in the according locations and everything went fine.

Maybe there is more elegant solution that the above , but just want to share and hope it helps.

ian sobo
ian sobo
3,851 Points

this worked!

Ege Yalcin
Ege Yalcin
1,061 Points
Ege Yalcin
Ege Yalcin
1,061 Points

Well I think it's about your version of SDK or the version you had when you created the project. Try to recreate one, with the right version, you might get it.

Joannie Huang
Joannie Huang
6,195 Points
Joannie Huang
Joannie Huang
6,195 Points

I just upgrade the Android Studio v1.0 (the latest version which Google rolled out 3 days ago) and also don't see the separate file for values21. Not sure it's normal or not...

Lisa Steendam
Lisa Steendam
6,825 Points
Lisa Steendam
Lisa Steendam
6,825 Points

See my answer: you probably have the same layout like me now.

Stephen Goodwin
Stephen Goodwin
5,479 Points
Stephen Goodwin
Stephen Goodwin
5,479 Points

I manually created the folder with explorer and copied styles file into it then back in Android Studio I synced and had no problems.

Jinwoo Cheon
Jinwoo Cheon
842 Points
Jinwoo Cheon
Jinwoo Cheon
842 Points

Same here. I'm using v22 and I also don't have a separate folder.

And on activity_main.xml, the changes (getting rid of action bar) is not applied. But when I launched the emulators, the changes WERE applied. I'm trying to get the changes to be visually applied on xml now.