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Using a Holo Theme in Combination with AppCompatActivity

I have a fairly simple Android application that uses the support library to create an action bar for devices running on APIs below 11 , so my main activity extends AppCompatActivity .
My current application theme is as follows:

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.DarkActionBar"> <!-- Customize your theme here. --> </style>

After running some tests and to ensure the application, as I expected, I decided to set a theme for devices operating at the API level 14 and above, as shown below:

 <style name="AppTheme" parent="android:Theme.Holo.Light.DarkActionBar"> <!-- Customize your theme here. --> </style>

The application has crashed since launch since.
The log code indicates that an exception is being generated that says the following:

You need to use Theme.AppCompat (or child) theme with this action.

Does this mean that I should only use AppCompat themes, regardless of the device’s API?
If not, how can I solve this problem?

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Does this mean that I should only use AppCompat themes, regardless of the device’s API?

Yes. Or stop using appcompat-v7 and inherit from Activity .

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