android - App crashes when trying to fullscreen activity

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Hi I'm using the code below to hide
actionbar and fullscreen my
activity

android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Light.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen"

But
with this code I get runtime error and app just crashes anyone know whats the
problem?

Logcat:

            
E/AndroidRuntime(1081): FATAL EXCEPTION:
            main

E/AndroidRuntime(1081): Process: com.example.directmate, PID:
            1081
E/AndroidRuntime(1081): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start
            activity ComponentInfo{com.example.directmate/com.example.directmate.MainActivity}:
            java.lang.IllegalStateException: You need to use a Theme.AppCompat theme (or descendant)
            with this activity.
E/AndroidRuntime(1081): at
            android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2195)
E/AndroidRuntime(1081):
            at
            android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2245)
E/AndroidRuntime(1081):
            at
            android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:135)
E/AndroidRuntime(1081):
            at
            android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1196)
E/AndroidRuntime(1081):
            at
            android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
E/AndroidRuntime(1081):
            at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136)
E/AndroidRuntime(1081): at
            android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5017)
E/AndroidRuntime(1081):
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native
            Method)

E/AndroidRuntime(1081): at
            java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
E/AndroidRuntime(1081): at
            com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:779)
E/AndroidRuntime(1081):
            at
            com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:595)
E/AndroidRuntime(1081):
            at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
E/AndroidRuntime(1081):
            Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: You need to use a Theme.AppCompat theme (or
            descendant) with this activity.
E/AndroidRuntime(1081): at
            android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivityDelegate.onCreate(ActionBarActivityDelegate.java:111)
E/AndroidRuntime(1081):
            at
            android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivityDelegateICS.onCreate(ActionBarActivityDelegateICS.java:58)
E/AndroidRuntime(1081):
            at
            android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity.onCreate(ActionBarActivity.java:98)
E/AndroidRuntime(1081):
            at
            com.example.directmate.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:22)
E/AndroidRuntime(1081):
            at
            android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5231)

E/AndroidRuntime(1081):
            at
            android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1087)
E/AndroidRuntime(1081):
            at
            android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2159)
E/AndroidRuntime(1081):
            ... 11 more

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class="normal">Answer

It's
probably related to your activities extend part, with this code you added to your
manifest you need to extend Activity instead of
ActionbarActivity