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Binil Surendran
Binil Surendran

Reputation: 51

Android : Run Card View and Recycler view in lower version

I am new in Android Studio. I just Develop an application for Card View , its working in Android L. But it is not working in lower version.

When I try to execute in lower version getting an error

Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_OLDER_SDK]

Can any one please tell me what to do for run this application in Lower version

build.gradle

buildscript {
repositories {
    jcenter()
}
dependencies {
    classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:1.0.0'
}
}

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
repositories {
jcenter()
}
dependencies {
compile "com.android.support:cardview-v7:21.0.2"
}

List<String> dirs = [
'main',     
'common',  
'template'] process
android {
compileSdkVersion 21
buildToolsVersion "22.0.1"

defaultConfig {
    minSdkVersion 21
    targetSdkVersion 21
}

sourceSets {
    main {
        dirs.each { dir ->
            java.srcDirs "src/${dir}/java"
            res.srcDirs "src/${dir}/res"
        }
    }
    androidTest.setRoot('tests')
    androidTest.java.srcDirs = ['tests/src']
     }
    }

AndroidManifest.xml

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.android.cardview"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >

<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="7"
          android:targetSdkVersion="21" />

<application
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
    <activity
        android:name=".CardViewActivity"
        android:label="@string/app_name" >
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>
</application>

Upvotes: 2

Views: 389

Answers (1)

shkschneider
shkschneider

Reputation: 18243

Your device tell you that its API level is too low.

Let's take a look at your building configuration:

Your AndroidManifest.xml file specifies:

<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="7"
          android:targetSdkVersion="21" />

Your Gradle build file specifies:

minSdkVersion 21
targetSdkVersion 21

This is contradictory.

You should use:

minSdkVersion 7
targetSdkVersion 21

(And actually you could get rid off the AndroidManifest.xml uses-sdk directive.)

Upvotes: 1

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