Simple Android app Can't get a blank activity to use non AppCompat theme -
i've been going through android training tutorials , can't seem simple blank activity apply theme theme.holo.light. this i've done far: set minsdkversion 11 in gradle script , synced project. applied theme in androidmanifest.xml setting: android:theme="@android:style/theme.holo.light" tried applying @ application/activity level , creating custom theme , setting parent. when running app in emulator crashes error: java.lang.runtimeexception: unable start activity componentinfo{com.example.test.themetest3/com.example.test.themetest3.mainactivity}: java.lang.illegalstateexception: need use theme.appcompat theme (or descendant) activity. according documentation default theme 11+ api levels theme.holo can't work , i'm missing something. activity insists on using appcompat themes only. need extend other class within activity? this activity code (generated creating blank activity). package com.example.test.themetest3; import android.os.b...