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Titanium/Appcelerator: Cannot find Android theme

I'm building an Android app using Titanium/Appcelerator, and I'm following their guide on Android themes. According to the guide, to use one of the default Android themes you must:

  1. Create a theme XML file in platform/android/res/values/
  2. Insert their demo XML to enable default Android themes
  3. Set the theme in the TiApp.xml file

I've done this, however I'm getting an error when trying to build:

Error: No resource found that matches the given name (at 'theme' with value '@style/Light').

I've noticed that the theme XML file that I created in the directory structure noted above has also disappeared. Why is this? And how can I get the themes to work?

Solution

  • It seems that you are putting your theme file in alloy generated folders which are cleaned up on every build.

    The correct structure for theme file is this:

    Notice the themes.xml file located in the app - platform - android - res - values folder.

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    This could a demo content of your themes.xml file

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<resources xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

    <style name="CustomTheme" parent="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">

        <item name="colorPrimary">#ff0000</item>

        <item name="colorAccent">#00ff00</item>

    </style>

</resources>

    Now you have theme name as CustomTheme, so you can set this name in your tiapp.xml file like this:

    <android xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <manifest>
        <application android:theme="@style/CustomTheme">

        </application>
    </manifest>
</android>