No resource found that matches the given name Styles.xml

Question

I am trying to design a new theme for my android application in C# in Xamarin. I have followed a few tutorials and answers on this but I keep getting the error

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

I have check a few of the relevant answer for this error but none seem to work for me :(

Heres my xml code which is located in my Values folder under Resources: Styles.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> 
<resources>
  <style 
    name="AppBaseTheme" 
    parent="android:Theme.Holo.Light">
  </style>

  <style 
    name="CustomActionBarTheme"
    parent="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Light.DarkActionBar">
    <item 
      name="android:actionBarStyle">@style/MyActionBar
    </item>
  </style>

  <style 
    name="MyActionBar"
    parent="@android:style/Widget.Holo.Light.ActionBar.Solid.Inverse">
    <item 
      name="android:background">#033C73
    </item>
  </style>
</resources>

Can anyone help me out a bit?

Thanks

• EDIT * So here is the top of my MainActivity.cs

   [Activity(Label = "My App", MainLauncher = true, Icon = "@drawable/icon", Theme = "@android:style/Theme.CustomerActionBarTheme")] public class MainActivity : Activity { protected override void OnCreate(Bundle bundle) { base.OnCreate(bundle); // Set our view from the "main" layout resource SetContentView(Resource.Layout.Main); } 

Answer 1

Where is your theme Theme.CustomActionBarTheme ? You call it but it doesn't exist

Answer 2

Did you make changes in your manifest file

<application

android:theme="@style/CustomActionBarTheme" >

 </application>

Now you must be declaring it as

android:theme="@android:style/CustomActionBarTheme" >

Answer 3

Change to:

[Activity(Label = "My App", MainLauncher = true, Icon = "@drawable/icon", Theme = "@style/Theme.CustomActionBarTheme")]
public class MainActivity : Activity

...

You have misspelled your theme name ( CustomerActionBarTheme instead of CustomActionBarTheme ) and Theme style is declared without the android: prefix