Application crashes when trying to launch it on AndroidTV

[doneitas]

05-09 15:47:14.089 15050 15050 E AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main 05-09 15:47:14.089 15050 15050 E AndroidRuntime: Process: reactnativevanilla.helloworld.debug, PID: 15050 05-09 15:47:14.089 15050 15050 E AndroidRuntime: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{reactnativevanilla.helloworld.debug/reactnativevanilla.helloworld.debug.MainActivity}: java.lang.IllegalStateException: You need to use a Theme.AppCompat theme (or descendant) with this activity. 05-09 15:47:14.089 15050 15050 E AndroidRuntime: at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2691) 05-09 15:47:14.089 15050 15050 E AndroidRuntime: at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2752) 05-09 15:47:14.089 15050 15050 E AndroidRuntime: at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap12(ActivityThread.java) 05-09 15:47:14.089 15050 15050 E AndroidRuntime: at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1461) 05-09 15:47:14.089 15050 15050 E AndroidRuntime: at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102) 05-09 15:47:14.089 15050 15050 E AndroidRuntime: at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:154) 05-09 15:47:14.089 15050 15050 E AndroidRuntime: at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6120) 05-09 15:47:14.089 15050 15050 E AndroidRuntime: at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) 05-09 15:47:14.089 15050 15050 E AndroidRuntime: at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:865) 05-09 15:47:14.089 15050 15050 E AndroidRuntime: at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:755) 05-09 15:47:14.089 15050 15050 E AndroidRuntime: Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: You need to use a Theme.AppCompat theme (or descendant) with this activity. 05-09 15:47:14.089 15050 15050 E AndroidRuntime: at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImpl.createSubDecor(AppCompatDelegateImpl.java:555) 05-09 15:47:14.089 15050 15050 E AndroidRuntime: at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImpl.ensureSubDecor(AppCompatDelegateImpl.java:518) 05-09 15:47:14.089 15050 15050 E AndroidRuntime: at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImpl.setContentView(AppCompatDelegateImpl.java:457) 05-09 15:47:14.089 15050 15050 E AndroidRuntime: at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity.setContentView(AppCompatActivity.java:145) 05-09 15:47:14.089 15050 15050 E AndroidRuntime: at com.facebook.react.ReactActivityDelegate.loadApp(ReactActivityDelegate.java:89) 05-09 15:47:14.089 15050 15050 E AndroidRuntime: at com.facebook.react.ReactActivityDelegate.onCreate(ReactActivityDelegate.java:75) 05-09 15:47:14.089 15050 15050 E AndroidRuntime: at com.facebook.react.ReactActivity.onCreate(ReactActivity.java:52) 05-09 15:47:14.089 15050 15050 E AndroidRuntime: at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:6664) 05-09 15:47:14.089 15050 15050 E AndroidRuntime: at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1118) 05-09 15:47:14.089 15050 15050 E AndroidRuntime: at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2644) 05-09 15:47:14.089 15050 15050 E AndroidRuntime: ... 9 more

[hosek]

As a quick fix, you can change the AppTheme to the AppCompat one
<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar" />

[pavjacko]

@doneitas now properly fixed in https://github.com/pavjacko/renative/releases/tag/0.21.6
@hosek thx for the PR!