Android: getting Resources$NotFoundException for abc_ic_ab_back_material

Question

I\'m getting a Resources$notfoundexception on older (pre-L) devices. I\'m including the full stacktrace below.

My version of the support library is the latest (24.1

Answer 1

The answer to this turned out to be buried at the bottom of this guide:

https://medium.com/@chrisbanes/appcompat-v23-2-age-of-the-vectors-91cbafa87c88#.xucjbsts0

It turns out that all you need to add this line in at the beginning of the activity that will use the resource:

static {
        AppCompatDelegate.setCompatVectorFromResourcesEnabled(true);
    }