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Is there a list or pattern of overriding control themes?

I know that you can globally set control themes using a styles.xml and referencing a theme for activities.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<resources>
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light">
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/PrimaryColor</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/PrimaryDarkColor</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/SecondaryColor</item>
<item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
<item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
<item name="android:statusBarColor">#color/PrimaryDarkColor</item>
<item name="android:textColor">#color/PrimaryTextColor</item>
<item name="android:datePickerStyle">#style/datepicker</item>
<item name="android:textViewStyle">#style/textView</item>
<item name="android:spinnerStyle">#style/spinner</item>
<item name="android:checkBoxStyle">#style/CheckboxStyle</item>
<item name="android:dropDownListViewStyle">#style/DropDownStyle</item>
</style>
<style name="datepicker">
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/PrimaryColor</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/PrimaryDarkColor</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/SecondaryColor</item>
</style>
<style name="spinner">
<item name="android:background">#drawable/SpinnerBackground</item>
</style>
<style name="textView" parent="android:Widget.TextView">
<item name="android:textSize">#dimen/defaultTextViewSize</item>
</style>
<style name="DialogThemeButton">
<item name="android:background">#color/PrimaryDarkColor</item>
</style>
<style name="DialogThemeTextAppearance">
<item name="android:textColor">#color/PrimaryTextColor</item>
</style>
<style name="DropDownStyle" parent="android:Widget.ListView.DropDown">
<item name="android:divider">#drawable/SpinnerDivider</item>
<item name="android:dividerHeight">1dp</item>
</style>
<style name="CheckBoxStyle" parent="android:Widget.ListView.DropDown">
<item name="android:divider">#drawable/SpinnerDivider</item>
<item name="android:dividerHeight">1dp</item>
</style>
<style name="DialogTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Dialog.Alert">
<item name="android:background">#android:color/white</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/PrimaryDarkColor</item>
<item name="android:textColor">#color/PrimaryDarkColor</item>
<item name="android:textColorPrimary">#color/PrimaryTextColor</item>
<!-- <item name="android:textAppearanceMedium">#style/DialogThemeTextAppearance</item>-->
<item name="android:buttonBarButtonStyle">#style/DialogThemeButton</item>
</style>
</resources>
Question:
Is there some way to find the appropriate item names for any kind of control?
I think i should be able to find it on google using my question, but i cannot.

A strict pattern would have been nice but i guess that'll do:
GitHub Sources:
https://github.com/android/platform_frameworks_base/blob/master/core/res/res/values/styles.xml
https://github.com/android/platform_frameworks_base/blob/master/core/res/res/values/themes.xml
Google Sources:
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/refs/heads/master/core/res/res/values/styles.xml
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/refs/heads/master/core/res/res/values/themes.xml

debug/AndroidManifest.xml elements not recognized during build in AndroidStudio

I am working on porting an existing app to a new setup and I got almost everything working, but when I tried to build the project, I got the error that some of the elements in the debug/AndroidManifest.xml are not recognized. Here are some screenshots:
Any idea why that might be happening and how to fix that?
This is my styles.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<style name="CustomTheme" parent="android:Theme.Light">
<item name="android:windowBackground">#color/white</item>
<item name="android:colorBackground">#color/white</item>
</style>
<style name="home_page_buttons">
<item name="android:layout_marginLeft">10dp</item>
<item name="android:layout_marginRight">10dp</item>
<item name="android:textStyle">bold</item>
<item name="android:color">#color/white</item>
<item name="android:layout_height">45dip</item>
<!-- <item name="android:background">#drawable/white_button</item> -->
</style>
<style name="home_page_two_buttons">
<item name="android:textStyle">bold</item>
<item name="android:color">#color/white</item>
<item name="android:layout_height">45dip</item>
<!-- <item name="android:background">#drawable/white_button</item> -->
</style>
<!-- Information Pages -->
<style name="instruction_text">
<item name="android:padding">10px</item>
<item name="android:textSize">16sp</item>
</style>
<style name="instruction_quote">
<item name="android:padding">10px</item>
<item name="android:textSize">12sp</item>
</style>
<style name="instruction_heading">
<item name="android:padding">10px</item>
<item name="android:textSize">17sp</item>
<item name="android:textColor">#color/light_best_blue</item>
</style>
</resources>

You mentioned the android:theme as "AppBaseTheme" but i do not see that style in your style.xml file.

android StatusBar elements color does not appear

I'm trying to do like this: https://material-design.storage.googleapis.com/publish/material_v_4/material_ext_publish/0Bx4BSt6jniD7WVQ2WXFLeUtxSlE/style_color_themes_light2.png (using that theme) (light)
I don't know why the status bar elements does not appear (or the elements have the same color as the colorPrimaryDark)
I use Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar and Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar
With Theme.AppCompat.NoActionBar elements are white and with Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar too, I guess.
My style file:
<resources>
<style name="MyStyle" parent="MyStyle.Base">
</style>
<!-- Tema Base -->
<style name="MyStyle.Base" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/primary_dark</item>
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/primary</item>
<item name="android:windowBackground">#color/fondo</item>
<item name="colorAccent">#color/accent</item>
</style>
</resources>
My style file for API 21+:
<resources>
<style name="MyStyle" parent="MyStyle.Base">
<item name="android:colorPrimaryDark">#color/primary_dark</item>
<item name="android:colorPrimary">#color/primary</item>
<item name="android:colorAccent">#color/accent</item>
<item name="android:textColorPrimary">#color/colorPrimario</item>
<item name="android:textColorSecondary">#color/colorSecundario</item>
<item name="android:windowDrawsSystemBarBackgrounds">true</item>
<item name="android:statusBarColor">#android:color/transparent</item>
<item name="android:windowContentTransitions">true</item>
<item name="android:windowAllowEnterTransitionOverlap">true</item>
<item name="android:windowAllowReturnTransitionOverlap">true</item>
<item name="android:windowSharedElementEnterTransition">#android:transition/move</item>
<item name="android:windowSharedElementExitTransition">#android:transition/move</item>
</style>
</resources>

API 23+ required.
in styles.xml
<item name="android:windowLightStatusBar">#color/colorBrawn</item>

AppCompat, trying to style tabbar in version 7.21

I am trying to style the TabBar using the following code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<style name="MyTheme" parent="MyTheme.Base"/>
<style name="MyTheme.Base" parent="Theme.AppCompat">
<item name="colorPrimary">#color/palette_1</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">#color/palette_5</item>
<item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
<item name="windowActionBar">true</item>
<item name="android:windowBackground">#color/palette_1</item>
<item name="android:actionBarStyle">#style/MyTheme.ActionBar</item>
<item name="actionBarStyle">#style/MyTheme.ActionBar</item>
<item name="actionBarTabStyle">#style/MyTheme.ActionBarTabBar</item>
<item name="android:actionBarTabStyle">#style/MyTheme.ActionBarTabBar</item>
</style>
<style name="MyTheme.ActionBar" parent="#style/Widget.AppCompat.Light.ActionBar.Solid.Inverse">
<item name="background">#color/palette_5</item>
<item name="backgroundStacked">#color/palette_5</item>
<item name="backgroundSplit">#color/palette_5</item>
</style>
<style name="MyTheme.ActionBarTabBar" parent="#style/Widget.AppCompat.ActionBar.TabView">
<item name="android:background">#color/palette_5</item>
</style>
<style name="MyTheme.NoTitleBar" parent="MyTheme">
<item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
<item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
</style>
</resources>
Whewre palette_1 is green and palette_5 is blue for example.
The actionBar is blue but the tabbar stays the color that i define in android:windowBackground, which is green.
This is the code i came up with after searching numerous topics. But yet it seems to be conflicting somewhere.

Change generated action bar theme from Android Asset Studio

I have used Android Asset Studio to generate action bar style, however i woul like to do some changes, which I was unable to do in Studio, so I edited generated theme but lot of things was just ignored, and I just can't figure out how things work.
There is example:
`
<style name="Theme.Myactionbar" parent="#style/Theme.AppCompat.Light">
<item name="actionBarItemBackground">#drawable/selectable_background_myactionbar</item>
<item name="popupMenuStyle">#style/PopupMenu.Myactionbar</item>
<item name="dropDownListViewStyle">#style/DropDownListView.Myactionbar</item>
<item name="actionBarTabStyle">#style/ActionBarTabStyle.Myactionbar</item>
<item name="actionDropDownStyle">#style/DropDownNav.Myactionbar</item>
<item name="actionBarStyle">#style/ActionBar.Solid.Myactionbar</item>
<item name="actionModeBackground">#drawable/cab_background_top_myactionbar</item>
<item name="actionModeSplitBackground">#drawable/cab_background_bottom_myactionbar</item>
<item name="actionModeCloseButtonStyle">#style/ActionButton.CloseMode.Myactionbar</item>
</style>
<style name="ActionBar.Solid.Myactionbar" parent="#style/Widget.AppCompat.Light.ActionBar.Solid">
<item name="background">#drawable/ab_solid_myactionbar</item> //THIS IS GREEN
<item name="backgroundStacked">#drawable/ab_solid_myactionbar</item>//THIS IS GREEN
<item name="backgroundSplit">#drawable/ab_bottom_solid_myactionbar</item>//THIS IS GREEN
<item name="progressBarStyle">#style/ProgressBar.Myactionbar</item>
</style>
<style name="ActionBar.Transparent.Myactionbar" parent="#style/Widget.AppCompat.Light.ActionBar">
<item name="background">#drawable/ab_transparent_myactionbar</item>
<item name="progressBarStyle">#style/ProgressBar.Myactionbar</item>
</style>
<style name="PopupMenu.Myactionbar" parent="#style/Widget.AppCompat.Light.PopupMenu">
<item name="android:popupBackground">#drawable/menu_dropdown_panel_example </item>
</style>
<style name="DropDownListView.Myactionbar" parent="#style/Widget.AppCompat.Light.ListView.DropDown">
<item name="android:listSelector">#drawable/selectable_background_myactionbar</item>
</style>
<style name="ActionBarTabStyle.Myactionbar" parent="#style/Widget.AppCompat.Light.ActionBar.TabView">
<item name="android:background">#drawable/tab_indicator_ab_myactionbar</item>
</style>
<style name="DropDownNav.Myactionbar" parent="#style/Widget.AppCompat.Light.Spinner.DropDown.ActionBar">
<item name="android:background">#drawable/spinner_background_ab_myactionbar</item>
<item name="android:popupBackground">#drawable/menu_dropdown_panel_myactionbar</item>
<item name="android:dropDownSelector">#drawable/selectable_background_myactionbar</item>
</style>
<style name="ProgressBar.Myactionbar" parent="#style/Widget.AppCompat.ProgressBar.Horizontal">
<item name="android:progressDrawable">#drawable/progress_horizontal_myactionbar</item>
</style>
<style name="ActionButton.CloseMode.Myactionbar" parent="#style/Widget.AppCompat.Light.ActionButton.CloseMode">
<item name="android:background">#drawable/btn_cab_done_myactionbar</item>
</style>
<!-- this style is only referenced in a Light.DarkActionBar based theme -->
<style name="Theme.Myactionbar.Widget" parent="#style/Theme.AppCompat">
<item name="popupMenuStyle">#style/PopupMenu.Myactionbar</item>
<item name="dropDownListViewStyle">#style/DropDownListView.Myactionbar</item>
</style>
Everything was like in generator, but then i tried the simplest change, that is the color, so I edited style name=ActionBar.Solid.Myactionbar and put there som other drawables from other generated style.
It looked like this :
<style name="Theme.Myactionbar" parent="#style/Theme.AppCompat.Light">
<item name="actionBarItemBackground">#drawable/selectable_background_myactionbar</item>
<item name="popupMenuStyle">#style/PopupMenu.Myactionbar</item>
<item name="dropDownListViewStyle">#style/DropDownListView.Myactionbar</item>
<item name="actionBarTabStyle">#style/ActionBarTabStyle.Myactionbar</item>
<item name="actionDropDownStyle">#style/DropDownNav.Myactionbar</item>
<item name="actionBarStyle">#style/ActionBar.Solid.Myactionbar</item>
<item name="actionModeBackground">#drawable/cab_background_top_myactionbar</item>
<item name="actionModeSplitBackground">#drawable/cab_background_bottom_myactionbar</item>
<item name="actionModeCloseButtonStyle">#style/ActionButton.CloseMode.Myactionbar</item>
</style>
<style name="ActionBar.Solid.Myactionbar" parent="#style/Widget.AppCompat.Light.ActionBar.Solid">
<item name="background">#drawable/ab_solid_example</item>
<item name="backgroundStacked">#drawable/ab_stacked_solid_example</item>
<item name="backgroundSplit">#drawable/ab_bottom_solid_myactionbar</item>
<item name="progressBarStyle">#style/ProgressBar.Myactionbar</item>
</style>
but nothing happend, and changed drawables supposed to be gray. I was wandering if anybody did this before and why this isnt working? Thank you

Ok I figured it out, there is values-v14 folder for styles for api level 14 and above, so you have to change these values too.