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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright (C) 2017 The Android Open Source Project
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<resources>
+
+    <style name="Base.Theme.AppCompat" parent="Base.V26.Theme.AppCompat" />
+    <style name="Base.Theme.AppCompat.Light" parent="Base.V26.Theme.AppCompat.Light" />
+
+    <style name="Base.V26.Theme.AppCompat" parent="Base.V23.Theme.AppCompat">
+        <!-- We can use the platform styles on API 26+ -->
+        <item name="colorError">?android:attr/colorError</item>
+    </style>
+
+    <style name="Base.V26.Theme.AppCompat.Light" parent="Base.V23.Theme.AppCompat.Light">
+        <!-- We can use the platform styles on API 26+ -->
+        <item name="colorError">?android:attr/colorError</item>
+    </style>
+
+</resources>