android-support-v7-appcompat support library not woking with android 2.2

Question

When I have import android-support-v7-appcompat support library in my workspace and add to my project with android 4.4 then its working fine but less than api level 11 its's not working. I used it for action bar in my project. When i am working with android 2.2 then it gives error in my console. Thanks

[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\styles_base.xml:24: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:Widget.Holo.ActionBar'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\styles_base.xml:28: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:Widget.Holo.Light.ActionBar'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\styles_base.xml:32: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:Widget.Holo.ActionBar.Solid'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\styles_base.xml:36: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:Widget.Holo.Light.ActionBar.Solid'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\styles_base.xml:40: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:Widget.Holo.Light.ActionBar.Solid.Inverse'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\styles_base.xml:122: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:Widget.Holo.ActionButton'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\styles_base.xml:125: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:Widget.Holo.Light.ActionButton'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\styles_base.xml:129: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:Widget.Holo.ActionButton.CloseMode'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\styles_base.xml:133: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:Widget.Holo.Light.ActionButton.CloseMode'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\styles_base.xml:137: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:Widget.Holo.ActionButton.Overflow'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\styles_base.xml:141: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:Widget.Holo.Light.ActionButton.Overflow'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\styles_base.xml:44: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:Widget.Holo.ActionBar.TabBar'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\styles_base.xml:48: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:Widget.Holo.Light.ActionBar.TabBar'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\styles_base.xml:52: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:Widget.Holo.Light.ActionBar.TabBar.Inverse'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\styles_base.xml:56: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:Widget.Holo.ActionBar.TabView'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\styles_base.xml:60: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:Widget.Holo.Light.ActionBar.TabView'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\styles_base.xml:64: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:Widget.Holo.Light.ActionBar.TabView.Inverse'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\styles_base.xml:68: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:Widget.Holo.ActionBar.TabText'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\styles_base.xml:72: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:Widget.Holo.Light.ActionBar.TabText'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\styles_base.xml:76: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:Widget.Holo.Light.ActionBar.TabText.Inverse'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\styles_base.xml:80: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:Widget.Holo.Light.ActionMode.Inverse'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\styles_base.xml:104: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:TextAppearance.Holo.Widget.ActionMode.Title'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\styles_base.xml:108: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:TextAppearance.Holo.Widget.ActionMode.Subtitle'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\styles_base.xml:112: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:TextAppearance.Holo.Widget.ActionMode.Title.Inverse'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\styles_base.xml:116: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:TextAppearance.Holo.Widget.ActionMode.Subtitle.Inverse'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\styles_base.xml:84: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:TextAppearance.Holo.Widget.ActionBar.Menu'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\styles_base.xml:88: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:TextAppearance.Holo.Widget.ActionBar.Title'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\styles_base.xml:92: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:TextAppearance.Holo.Widget.ActionBar.Subtitle'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\styles_base.xml:96: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:TextAppearance.Holo.Widget.ActionBar.Title.Inverse'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\styles_base.xml:100: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:TextAppearance.Holo.Widget.ActionBar.Subtitle.Inverse'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v11\styles_base.xml:26: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:Widget.Holo.ProgressBar.Horizontal'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v11\styles_base.xml:30: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:Widget.Holo.ProgressBar'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\styles_base.xml:159: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:Widget.Holo.Spinner'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\styles_base.xml:161: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:Widget.Holo.Light.Spinner'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\styles_base.xml:153: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:Widget.Holo.DropDownItem.Spinner'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\styles_base.xml:156: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:Widget.Holo.Light.DropDownItem.Spinner'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\styles_base.xml:147: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:Widget.Holo.ListView.DropDown'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\styles_base.xml:150: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:Widget.Holo.ListView.DropDown'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\styles_base.xml:167: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:Widget.Holo.ListPopupWindow'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\styles_base.xml:171: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:Widget.Holo.Light.ListPopupWindow'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\styles_base.xml:175: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:Widget.Holo.PopupMenu'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\styles_base.xml:178: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:Widget.Holo.Light.PopupMenu'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\styles_base.xml:182: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:TextAppearance.Holo.Widget.PopupMenu.Large'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\styles_base.xml:186: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:TextAppearance.Holo.Widget.PopupMenu.Small'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\styles_base.xml:190: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:TextAppearance.Holo.Widget.PopupMenu.Large'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\styles_base.xml:194: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:TextAppearance.Holo.Widget.PopupMenu.Small'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\styles_base.xml:200: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name '@android:TextAppearance.Holo.SearchResult.Title'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\styles_base.xml:204: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name '@android:TextAppearance.Holo.SearchResult.Subtitle'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\styles_base.xml:212: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name '@android:TextAppearance.Holo.SearchResult.Title'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\styles_base.xml:216: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name '@android:TextAppearance.Holo.SearchResult.Subtitle'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v11\styles_base.xml:36: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:Widget.Holo.AutoCompleteTextView'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v11\styles_base.xml:40: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:Widget.Holo.Light.AutoCompleteTextView'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\styles_base.xml:225: error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name: attr 'android:dividerPadding'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\styles_base.xml:224: error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name: attr 'android:showDividers'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v11\themes_base.xml:31: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:Theme.Holo'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v11\themes_base.xml:33: error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name: attr 'android:windowActionBar'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v11\themes_base.xml:42: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:Theme.Holo.Light'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v11\themes_base.xml:44: error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name: attr 'android:windowActionBar'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\themes_base.xml:31: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:Theme.Holo'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\themes_base.xml:41: error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name: attr 'android:actionBarWidgetTheme'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\themes_base.xml:57: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:Theme.Holo.Light'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\themes_base.xml:67: error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name: attr 'android:actionBarWidgetTheme'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\themes_base.xml:83: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:Theme.Holo.Light.DarkActionBar'.
[2014-01-27 17:01:03 - MainActivity] F:\xevoke_workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\res\values-v14\themes_base.xml:94: error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name: attr 'android:actionBarWidgetTheme'.

my property file

# This file is automatically generated by Android Tools.
# Do not modify this file -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE ERASED!
#
# This file must be checked in Version Control Systems.
#
# To customize properties used by the Ant build system edit
# "ant.properties", and override values to adapt the script to your
# project structure.
#
# To enable ProGuard to shrink and obfuscate your code, uncomment this (available properties: sdk.dir, user.home):
#proguard.config=${sdk.dir}/tools/proguard/proguard-android.txt:proguard-project.txt

# Project target.

    target=android-8
    android.library.reference.1=../android-support-v7-appcompat

Answer 1

This question is a bit old, but I had the same problem (and a Git branch working, while another branch not working), and it turned out that it was related to the project's target Android API. My project's target API was too low (8) (right click on your project > properties > Android > select your desired target). I think the support library (AppCompat) requires you to set your target API to at least API level 14 (Android 4.0) . Please note that target API is different from the min API. It's indeed the MAX, the highest API that you think your app will support, or the highest API you have tested your app against.