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I am trying to make a backwards compatible toolbar in Android, and I followed all the suggestions given in multiple style guides to try and accomplish this. However, it's still not seeming to work. Here's the style:

<resources>

    <style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light">
        <item name="colorPrimary">@color/primary</item>
        <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/primary_dark</item>
        <item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
        <item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
    </style>

    <color name="primary">#da291c</color>
    <color name="primary_dark">#9d1e14</color>
    <color name="white">#ffffff</color>

</resources>

Here's the toolbar:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/toolbar"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:background="@color/primary" />

And here's the main activity onCreate method:

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
        if (toolbar != null) {
            setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
        }
    if (savedInstanceState == null) {
        getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction()
                .add(R.id.container, new PlaceholderFragment())
                .commit();
    }
}

Not quite sure what's wrong, since I'm following all of the instructions that many sources are giving. Here's the log:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: AppCompat does not support the current theme features

I've been looking at this code, and at countless tutorials and StackOverflow questions, for hours, but to no avail. If someone could help me out, it would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance :)

Edit 1: Here's my manifest file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.example.android.hackdaytest" >

    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
        <activity
            android:name=".MainActivity"
            android:label="@string/app_name" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
    </application>

</manifest>
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Change your styles to this:

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light">
    <item name="colorPrimary">@color/primary</item>
    <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/primary_dark</item>
    <item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
    <item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
</style>

or inherit Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar:

<style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
    <item name="colorPrimary">@color/primary</item>
    <item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/primary_dark</item>
</style>

Reference: Chris Banes' post here

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