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Constantin
Constantin

Reputation: 17788

appcompat_v7 without v21 support

All, I'm having a difficult time performing a simple task: take my existing project I made a few months ago and recompile it and run it on my android-v19 phone.

No matter what I do, and I've done a lot (to the point of frustration), appcompat just won't be accepted.

I've tried:

Adding AppCompat to Eclipse

My first approach was adding appcompat to my workspace (this is A STUPID STUPID REQUIREMENT).

Adding AppCompat Jars To My Project

It has difficulty finding values for the styles values, specifically for the AppCompat themes.

I get it, I should move up to v21. BUT I DON'T WANT TO YET. That's my right, that's my belief, that's my goal. How can starting up an old project be so difficult?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 169

Answers (1)

CommonsWare
CommonsWare

Reputation: 1007399

it needs to be set to 19 because I don't want to compile for 21

I have no idea why. The compileSdkVersion (what in Eclipse is the build target set in Project > Properties > Android) has no impact on what devices you can run on.

Is this not possible?

You cannot use code that conditionally uses API Level 21 constructs (classes, styles/themes, etc.) without having your compileSdkVersion/build target set to 21 or higher.

Your choices are:

  • Set your compileSdkVersion/build target to 21, or

  • See if you can find an older copy of appcompat_v7, or

  • Stop using appcompat_v7

Upvotes: 1

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