My app is working without linking. It works fine also when I choose Sdk Assemblies only. It works fine in debug mode as well but it start failing if I choose linking SDk and Use
Try to exclude Android.Support v7 and v4 from the linker.
In XamarinStudio: Project Options -> Android Build -> Linker -> Ignore assemblies
add Xamarin.Android.Support.v7.AppCompat;Xamarin.Android.Support.v4