[General Questions and Answers] vishnuR001:
Apktool error

i hope this is the right place to ask..It's about apktool..I'm getting these errors while recompiling(without any edit)

I: Smaling...

I: Building resources...

C:\Users\user\APK GUI\InProgress\free.apk\res\values\styles.xml:61: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'Widget.AppCompat.Base'.

C:\Users\user\APK GUI\InProgress\free.apk\res\values\styles.xml:101: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'Widget.AppCompat.Base'.

C:\Users\user\APK GUI\InProgress\free.apk\res\values\styles.xml:149: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'Widget.AppCompat.Base'.

C:\Users\user\APK GUI\InProgress\free.apk\res\values\styles.xml:192: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'Widget.AppCompat.Base'.

C:\Users\user\APK GUI\InProgress\free.apk\res\values\styles.xml:208: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'Widget.AppCompat.Base.DropDownItem'.

C:\Users\user\APK GUI\InProgress\free.apk\res\values\styles.xml:234: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'Widget.AppCompat.Base'.

C:\Users\user\APK GUI\InProgress\free.apk\res\values\styles.xml:241: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'Widget.AppCompat.Light.Base'.

C:\Users\user\APK GUI\InProgress\free.apk\res\values\styles.xml:260: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'TextAppearance.AppCompat.Base'.

C:\Users\user\APK GUI\InProgress\free.apk\res\values\styles.xml:293: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'Widget.AppCompat.Base'.

C:\Users\user\APK GUI\InProgress\free.apk\res\values-v14\styles.xml:52: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'Widget.AppCompat.Base'.

C:\Users\user\APK GUI\InProgress\free.apk\res\values\styles.xml:487: error: Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'Theme.AppCompat.Base'.

Exception in thread "main" brut.androlib.AndrolibException: brut.common.BrutException: could not exec command: [aapt, p, --min-sdk-version, 9, --target-sdk-version, 19, -F, C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\APKTOOL8285661930614270653.tmp, -I, C:\Users\user\apktool\framework\1.apk, -S, C:\Users\user\APK GUI\InProgress\free.apk\res, -M, C:\Users\user\APK GUI\InProgress\free.apk\AndroidManifest.xml]

at brut.androlib.res.AndrolibResources.aaptPackage(AndrolibResources.java:255)

at brut.androlib.Androlib.buildResourcesFull(Androlib.java:324)

at brut.androlib.Androlib.buildResources(Androlib.java:269)

at brut.androlib.Androlib.build(Androlib.java:192)

at brut.androlib.Androlib.build(Androlib.java:174)

at brut.apktool.Main.cmdBuild(Main.java:188)

at brut.apktool.Main.main(Main.java:70)

Caused by: brut.common.BrutException: could not exec command: [aapt, p, --min-sdk-version, 9, --target-sdk-version, 19, -F, C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\APKTOOL8285661930614270653.tmp, -I, C:\Users\user\apktool\framework\1.apk, -S, C:\Users\user\APK GUI\InProgress\free.apk\res, -M, C:\Users\user\APK GUI\InProgress\free.apk\AndroidManifest.xml]

at brut.util.OS.exec(OS.java:83)

at brut.androlib.res.AndrolibResources.aaptPackage(AndrolibResources.java:253)

... 6 more

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I know this is not an apktool error because i found this

code.google. com/p/android-apktool/wiki/CommonErrors#Error_retrieving_parent_for_item%3a_No_resource_found_that_matches

so can somebody pls tell me how to add those parents?

pls see the attached styles file..