Removing Sherlock Actionbar library Theme not found

Question

I have removed the ActionBarSherlock library and adapted my code. Now I get errors in my style.xml

<style name="Theme.MyTheme" parent="Theme.Sherlock.Light">

What do I have to use instead of the Sherlock.light theme?

Answer 1

If you are using AppCompat library, use AppCompat.Light

@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light

else Try using Holo.Light.

@android:style/Theme.Holo.Light

Answer 2

If you are migrating to appcompat-v7, you need to migrate all Sherlock references to their corresponding AppCompat equivalents. This includes switching custom themes to inherit from Theme.AppCompat (e.g., Theme.AppCompat.Light).

You might consider installing Android Studio, then creating a scrap project using the new-project wizard. The defaults will use appcompat-v7, and you can examine the newly-created project to see what it uses, to help you determine how to change your Sherlock references.