Android-5 tip about the Toolbar and the Style

Toolbar style and theme.
With the new Toolbar you can apply a style and a theme.
They are different!

The style is local to the Toolbar view, for example the background color.

The app:theme is instead global to all ui elements inflated in the Toolbar, for example the color of the title and icons.

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