compileSdkVersion The compileSdkVersion is the version of the API the app is compiled against. This means you can use Android API features included in that version of the API (as well as all previous versions, obviously). If you try and use API 16 features but set compileSdkVersion to 15, you will get a compilation error. … Read more
Make sure that your Gradle is using the proper JDK. Try running ./gradlew –version in your project’s directory. The output should be something like this: Gradle 7.0-rc-2 ———————————————————— Build time: 2021-04-01 21:26:39 UTC Revision: 912a3368b654b71250dfc925a20d620393 Kotlin: 1.4.31 Groovy: 3.0.7 Ant: Apache Ant(TM) version 1.10.9 compiled on September 27 2020 JVM: 11.0.10 (Ubuntu 11.0.10+9-Ubuntu-0ubuntu1.20.10) OS: Linux … Read more
I’ve been struggling with the same thing for many hours, trying to get the Gson jar to work no less. I finally cracked it – here are the steps I took: Put the Gson jar (in my case, gson-2.2.4.jar) into the libs folder Right click it and hit ‘Add as library’ Ensure that compile files(‘libs/gson-2.2.4.jar’) … Read more
Short Answer Gradle is a build system. Long Answer Before Android Studio you were using Eclipse for your development purposes, and, chances are, you didn’t know how to build your Android APK without Eclipse. You can do this on the command line, but you have to learn what each tool (dx and AAPT) does in … Read more