rendering issue with android API 22

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When creating a new project in Android Studio while using the latest updates and after adding compile com.android.support:appcompat-v7:22.1.0 to the dependencies still have this issue (which is solved if I'm using API 21):

Exception Details java.lang.NoSuchFieldError: View_theme at android.support.v7.internal.widget.ViewUtils.themifyContext(ViewUtils.java:124) at android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar.(Toolbar.java:198) at android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar.(Toolbar.java:192) at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:422) at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate_Original(LayoutInflater.java:806) at android.view.LayoutInflater_Delegate.rInflate(LayoutInflater_Delegate.java:64) at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:782) at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate_Original(LayoutInflater.java:809) at android.view.LayoutInflater_Delegate.rInflate(LayoutInflater_Delegate.java:64) at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:782) at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:504) at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:414) at com.android.layoutlib.bridge.bars.BridgeActionBar.(BridgeActionBar.java:84) at com.android.layoutlib.bridge.bars.AppCompatActionBar.(AppCompatActionBar.java:56)

When i opened projects that was originally created with eclipse the rendering for API 22 worked great on Android Studio .

Can someone please explain this ?

Another issue that i encountered is that when upgrading the SDK it adds the Android M API and it called API 22 just as Android 5.1.1 which can also cause rendering issues . The solution is just to switch back to API 22 5.1.1 Hope it helps .

I'm experiencing the same problem, if I'll solve it before you get an answer I'll post it here — Bogdan Emil Mariesan, Apr 27 '15 at 09:04
This link helped me to fix the issue : [Solution to issue][1] (The accepted answer). [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29194479/android-studio-rendering-problems-the-following-classes-could-not-be-found — liorlis, Apr 30 '15 at 06:32
glad to hear that. I will mark this question as a duplicate then — Bogdan Emil Mariesan, Apr 30 '15 at 09:13
see my answer if help you - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29958430/rendering-problems-in-android-studio/29964116#29964116 — RaRa, Apr 30 '15 at 09:40
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29958430/rendering-problems-in-android-studio — dangvu, Aug 11 '15 at 03:46

Hugo Gresse · Answer 1 · 2015-04-27T12:11:17.590

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Update : Doing a Build>Clean Project or a gradle Sync Project will solve the problem.

Old answer : According to 22.1 changelog (source) :

Lollipop added the ability to overwrite the theme at a view by view level by using the android:theme XML attribute - incredibly useful for things such as dark action bars on light activities. Now, AppCompat allows you to use android:theme for Toolbars (deprecating the app:theme used previously) and, even better, brings android:theme support to all views on API 11+ devices.

So i guess if you change app:theme to android:theme it will work.

edited Apr 27 '15 at 12:11

answered Apr 27 '15 at 09:06

Hugo Gresse

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I have all references as android:theme and still have the same issue – Bogdan Emil Mariesan Apr 27 '15 at 09:17
@BogdanEmilMariesan did you tried to clean project in AS ? – Hugo Gresse Apr 27 '15 at 09:26
@BogdanEmilMariesan plz add you layouts files – Hugo Gresse Apr 27 '15 at 09:32

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 29 '15 at 08:47

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In my case, solution was as simple as

Add @style to the parent theme

<style name="AppTheme" parent="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">

remove android.support.v7.widget. from Toolbar
move from app:theme to android:theme

<Toolbar
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/toolbar"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize"
    android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
    android:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar" />

answered Apr 29 '15 at 08:47

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I've the same issue and also I'm new to android studio. Please could you tell in which file have you applied the above changes? Thanks. – Vicent Jul 03 '15 at 08:59
The first one in styles.xml the rest in every layout you use a Toolbar element – Eloi Navarro Jul 03 '15 at 10:00

rendering issue with android API 22

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