Fragment Must specify preferenceTheme in theme onCreate

Question

I am trying to figure out why I am getting this error:

java.lang.IllegalStateException: Must specify preferenceTheme in theme
at android.support.v7.preferenc         


        

Answer 1

Thanks to the solution that @Panther suggested. All I had to do is to add this line <item name="preferenceTheme">@style/PreferenceThemeOverlay</item> to my Application Theme and not just the theme of the individual activity that is showing my PreferenceFragment like that:

<!-- Base application theme. -->
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar">
    <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
    <item name="colorPrimary">@color/colorPrimary</item>
    <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
    <item name="colorAccent">@color/colorAccent</item>
    <item name="preferenceTheme">@style/PreferenceThemeOverlay</item>
</style>

Alternatively you can use

<item name="preferenceTheme">@style/PreferenceThemeOverlay.v14.Material</item>

to achieve modern material look.