I am having problems setting up my eclipse program with Android for my first project. After installing eclipse together with the android developer tools, I tried to create a new 'Android Project' with a minimum sdk of Android 2.2, a target sdk of Android 6.0 and a sdk compiler of Android 7.1.1.
After clicking run, Eclipse displayed an error, which indicated that there was issues with my empty activity: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'Theme.AppCompat.Light' I have done my research for this problem and most of the solutions suggested importing an Android Project called "AppCompat-v7". However, upon selecting the file, there were no projects found that could be imported. This is what I see: Import project window:
I have spent numerous hours trying to fix this issue. I have ensured that both my eclipse program and all android files are under the same hard disk, I have tried adding the file to the build path etc. but the same problem persists. Anyone out there who can help me with this issue please? I would greatly appreciate it :) If you need more details regarding what I have done so far, feel free to contact me!
Someone commented below suggesting that I import the "AppCompat-v7" folder to the package explorer and then go to Project->Properties to add the appcompat library folder. I managed to add the folder to my package explorer but I am not able to add the library to the project, as no library options show up. This is even so after checking the "IsLibrary" box.