recyclerview and cardview appear only on nexus 5 23 API emulator

I am new to Android and Java. I have a navigation drawer with a list in it, and I have a RecyclerView with CardViews in it. It all shows up on the Nexus 5 with API 23, but when I try other emulators nothing appears: neither the list in the drawer, nor the cards.

In my Gradle file I have these dependencies:
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.2.1'
compile 'com.android.support:design:23.2.1'
compile 'com.android.support:cardview-v7:23.2.0'
compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:23.2.0'

I do not get any errors, but my views still do not show up.

this is my activity_main.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:id="@+id/drawer_layout"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
    tools:openDrawer="start">

    <include
        layout="@layout/app_bar_main"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent" />

    <!-- app:menu="@menu/activity_main_drawer" -->
    <android.support.design.widget.NavigationView
        android:id="@+id/nav_view"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_gravity="start"
        android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
        app:headerLayout="@layout/nav_header_main"
         >

        <ListView
            android:id="@+id/munuList"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:background="#fff"
            android:layout_marginTop="160dp"
            >
        </ListView>

    </android.support.design.widget.NavigationView>

</android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout>

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this is my content_main.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    app:layout_behavior="@string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior"
    tools:context="com.example.ronsh.quoteme.MainActivity"
    tools:showIn="@layout/app_bar_main"
    android:background="#ccc">




    <android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
        android:id="@+id/cards_wrapper"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:scrollbars="vertical"
        android:background="#eeff99"/>




</RelativeLayout>

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any idea?