I'm currently using the substitute for the action bar, the toolbar. However, when I long press some text, I end up with two action bars, my toolbar and the contextual action bar.
Here's the code I used to create the toolbar.
Toolbar toolbar = ButterKnife.findById(this, R.id.toolbar);
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
I use Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar
<style name="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
<item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
<item name="windowNoTitle">true</item>
</style>