Android Studio 3.1 can not resolve "Theme.AppCompat" styles properly

Question

Last night, I upgrade my android studio from 3.0.1 to 3.1, and rebuild my project, and I got the error as show below.

CHECKED LIST:

1. compileSdkVersion 27

2. buildToolsVersion '27.0.3'

3. classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.1.0'

4. implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:27.1.0'

5. implementation 'com.android.support:design:27.1.0'

Answer 1

As mentioned in this question:

1. Close project.
2. Remove it from the projects list (left side in the default Android Studio window).
3. Open existing project -> choose the project folder.

Basically, close & re-open the project.. worked for me (after even invalidating cache didn't work).

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