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<ripple xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:color="?android:colorControlHighlight">
    <item android:drawable="@drawable/button_normal" />
</ripple>

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<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item android:state_pressed="true" android:drawable="@drawable/button_pressed"/>
    <item android:drawable="@drawable/button_normal"/>
</selector>

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<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
    android:id="@+id/toolbar"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
    android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize"
    app:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar"
    app:popupTheme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light" />

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

<style name="AppTheme.NoTitleBar">
  <item name="windowActionBar">false</item>
  <item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
</style>

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public class PreferencesActivity extends BaseActionBarActivity {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_preferences);
        if (savedInstanceState == null) {
            getFragmentManager().beginTransaction()
                    .add(R.id.container, new PreferencesFragment())
                    .commit();

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<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
    <item android:id="@+id/menu_compose"
        android:icon="@drawable/header_icon_compose_normal"
        app:showAsAction="ifRoom"
        android:title="@string/menu_action_compose" />
</menu>

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if (getActivity() instanceof ActionBarActivity) {
  ActionBar actionBar = ((ActionBarActivity) getActivity()).getSupportActionBar();
              
  if (actionBar != null) {
  // Do something with the ActionBar
  }
}

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public class BaseActionBarActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
	// Implementation
}

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

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dependencies {
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:21.0.+'
}