Android Studio not rendering preview properly

Question

I am working on an app in Android Studio.I created a new project and choose a blank activity to start with.I waited for android studio to do its job and after creating the project it gave me this .Now the problem here is the layout preview is greyed out and is not looking as it looks when the app is emulated in genymotion.

What i have tried up till now

1.Tried to clean and rebuild the project

2.Tried to sync gradle files

3.Tried to create a new project

None of the above has helped.Any help is appreciated!

Answer 1

Adjust your API level in the preview window(it's the android symbol!) with that in the manifest! (And let us know if it worked!)

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