Failed to build ActionBarSherlock in IntelliJ IDEA

Question

I had included the library module ActionBarSherlock to my project. Minimal SDK version is 10, target SDK - 13 for both the projects.

But when I'm trying to build the project, I'm getting a lot of errors like:

[Library] /Users/rankor777/src/ActionBarSherlock/library/res/values-v14/abs__styles.xml:4: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:Widget.Holo.ActionBar'.

Why?

Answer 1

• Download ActionBarSherlock zip file and extract it next to your application module which will make use of ActionBarSherlock. Select File->Import Module from IntelliJ IDEASelect library folder under ActionBarSherlock folder and import it as a new module. It will be imported as an Android library module.

• Open module settings of ActionBarSherlock library module and export android-support-v4.jar dependency

• Open module settings of your application which will make use of ActionBarSherlock and add a new Module Dependency

• Select ActionBarSherlock from the list of modules

See step by step instructions with pictures

PS:Some tutorials on the internet directs you to add android-support-v4.jar to your application’s libs folder and add as a library dependency. Since ActionBarSherlock already includes it you do not have to do it, just export it from ActionBarSherlock. If you also add android-support-v4.jar as a library to your own module you may get UNXPECTED TOP LEVEL EXCEPTION.