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Euridice01
Euridice01

Reputation: 2568

Android support library doesn't exist but can't edit files under "Build" folder to reference Android X

I'm migrating my Android to target 28 and use Android X instead of the Android support libraries. I've changed most of the references in my project to use Android X.

Unfortunately, when I do a build, it complains about the support library reference used in a file under "build" but those are generated and can't be edited.

What am I supposed to do now?

here's the hierarchy of the bug: 

app/build/generated/source/apt/debug > 
com/company/projectname/databinding/FragmentColorItemBinding.java   > 
error: package android.support.v7.widget does not exist

Obvs, I tried to manually change it but I get this error: 

Files under the "build" folder are generated and should not be edited.

So I can't change it to reference Android X instead.

What can I do to get my build to compile?

It complains on this line btw: 

public final android.support.v7.widget.CardView colorThumbnail;

On that file. I want to use the new CardView but not sure how?

EDIT: 

dependencies {
    implementation 'androidx.legacy:legacy-support-v4:1.0.0'

    implementation files('libs/android-binding-v0.6-preview.jar')
    implementation 'com.flurry.android:analytics:8.2.0@aar'
    implementation files('libs/ormlite-android-5.0.jar')
    implementation files('libs/ormlite-core-5.0.jar')
    implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-vision:18.0.0'
    implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.0.0-rc01'
    implementation 'androidx.cardview:cardview:1.0.0'

    implementation 'io.reactivex:rxjava:1.1.5'
    implementation 'io.reactivex:rxandroid:1.1.0'
    implementation 'com.squareup.retrofit2:converter-gson:2.1.0'
    implementation 'com.squareup.retrofit2:adapter-rxjava:2.1.0'
    implementation 'com.squareup.retrofit2:retrofit:2.1.0'
    implementation 'com.github.bumptech.glide:glide:4.0.0'
    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0-alpha04'
    implementation 'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.1.0-alpha05'
    implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:1.1.3'

    def appCenterSdkVersion = '2.0.0'
    implementation "com.microsoft.appcenter:appcenter-analytics:${appCenterSdkVersion}"
    implementation "com.microsoft.appcenter:appcenter-crashes:${appCenterSdkVersion}"

}

Upvotes: 1

Views: 373

Answers (1)

SnakeException
SnakeException

Reputation: 1186

It doesn't work that way. You have to change more things than what was listed to migrate to AndroidX.

If you are in Android Studio, It is really simple to complete the migration process. Just go to Refactor -> Migrate to AndroidX. Otherwise, you will have to find the /gradle.properties file and add these two lines:

android.useAndroidX=true
android.enableJetifier=true

After doing this first part, you need to change the reference in the CardView import statement to the CardView in your java files to this:

import androidx.cardview.widget.CardView;
...
public final CardView colorThumbnail;

Also make sure all the references in your xml files are correct too!

Upvotes: 1

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