You need to use a Theme.AppCompat theme (or descendant) with this activity

学习 Activity 生命周期时时报错：

E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
                  Process: com.example.activitylifecycletest, PID: 2920
                  java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.example.activitylifecycletest/com.example.activitylifecycletest.DialogActivity}: java.lang.IllegalStateException: You need to use a Theme.AppCompat theme (or descendant) with this activity.
                      at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2646)
                      at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2707)
                      at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap12(ActivityThread.java)
                      at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1460)
                      at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
                      at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:154)
                      at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6077)
                      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
                      at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:865)
                      at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:755)
                   Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: You need to use a Theme.AppCompat theme (or descendant) with this activity.
                      at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV9.createSubDecor(AppCompatDelegateImplV9.java:347)
                      at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV9.ensureSubDecor(AppCompatDelegateImplV9.java:316)
                      at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatDelegateImplV9.setContentView(AppCompatDelegateImplV9.java:281)
                      at android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity.setContentView(AppCompatActivity.java:140)
                      at com.example.activitylifecycletest.DialogActivity.onCreate(DialogActivity.java:11)
                      at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:6664)
                      at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1118)
                      at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2599)
                      at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2707) 
                      at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap12(ActivityThread.java) 
                      at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1460) 
                      at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102) 
                      at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:154) 
                      at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6077) 
                      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) 
                      at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:865) 
                      at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:755)

解决参考：

https://www.cnblogs.com/wyx-xyz/p/6235469.html

https://blog.csdn.net/generallizhong/article/details/92978943

1、在创建的activity时，如果不用继承AppCompatActivity的话，就直接继承Activity。

例：

  public class PhotoPreviewActivity extends AppCompatActivity  改为  public class PhotoPreviewActivity extends Activity

2、如果必须要继承AppCompatActivity的话，我们看另一种办法：

   根据提示来使用AppCompat的theme，即将AndroidManifest.xml文件中关于Activity的主题配置改成：

android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Dialog"

将继承AppCompatActivity的Activty主题修改或者添加上面主题可解决

<activity
    android:name=".DialogActivity"
    android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Dialog" >
</activity>