title: Faced with Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar'
body: <p>I am stuck with a problem, I have created a basic <em>hello world</em> app following official  <a href="http://developer.android.com" rel="nofollow">website</a>! now when I try running the app I see error as     </p>
  
  <p><strong><em>error:</em></strong> </p>
  
  <pre><code>Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name '
  
  Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar'.   
  Resourse: styles.xml    
  path: /Test_1/res/values-v14    
  Location : line 8   
  Type: Android AAPT Problem
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I tried adding <code>v7 library</code> by <code>[Project -&gt;Properties-&gt;Android]</code> and click on "Add" but I do not see any thing in the resulted project Selection pop up. I see error in <code>(appcompat-v7 -&gt;res-&gt;values-large-v14-&gt;themes_base.xml</code></p>
  
  <p>code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;style name="Theme.Base.AppCompat.DialogWhenLarge"
         parent="Theme.Base.AppCompat.DialogWhenLarge.Base" /&gt;
  
  &lt;style name="Theme.Base.AppCompat.Light.DialogWhenLarge"
         parent="Theme.Base.AppCompat.Light.DialogWhenLarge.Base" /&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>My target sdk is <code>API 19</code> and <code>min sdk version is 7</code>, I am not sure how to deal with this. could you please help.</p>