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Question

I've always programmed Android with Eclipse and decided to start migrating to Android Studio. I decided to use the same SDK I already had for Eclipse, then:

• Started a new project
• Set minimum SDK 4.0 (API Level 14)
• Choose Blank Activity option
• Used Default names for Activity Name and Layout Name
• Hit Finish

After a few seconds Gradle finishes the build, and it throws me two errors with the following messages in file Teste4\app\build\intermediates/exploded-aar\com.android.support\appcompat-v7\23.0.0\res\values-v23\values-v23.xml:

Error:(2) Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:TextAppearance.Material.Widget.Button.Inverse'.

Error:(2) Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'android:Widget.Material.Button.Colored'.

Under File -> Project Structure -> Modules: app (left column) -> Properties tab, I have the following versions set up:

• "Compile Sdk Version": Android 5.1 (API Level 22)
• "Build Tools Version": 23.0.2

What should I do in order to fix this?

I already tried what was suggested in Stack Overflow question appcompat-v7:21.0.0': No resource found that matches the given name: attr 'android:actionModeShareDrawable', but it didn't work.

Answer 1

If you are getting errors even after downloading the newest SDK and Android Studio, here is what I did:

1. Download the most recent SDK
2. Open file-Project structure (Ctrl + Alt + Shift + S)
3. In modules, select app
4. In the properties tab: Change compile SDK version to API 23 Android 6.0 marshmallow (latest)

I hope it helps someone so that he won't suffer like I did for these couple of days.

Answer 2

If you've tried to change target to a previous GooglePlayServices or AppCompatv7 version and it doesn't work, check if you have any project-libraries dependency, this project will be targeting the latest version of any of these libraries. It happened to me with the Google Maps Utils Library project:

replace:

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:+'

to

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:8.3.0'

Then you can continue full targeting API 22

If it still doesn't compile, sometimes is useful to set compileSdkVersion API to 23 and targetSdkVersion to 22.

Answer 3

android {
    compileSdkVersion 23
    buildToolsVersion '23.0.1'

defaultConfig {
    applicationId ""
    minSdkVersion 14
    targetSdkVersion 22
    versionCode 1
    versionName "1.0"
}
buildTypes {
    release {
        minifyEnabled false
        proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
    }
  }
}

dependencies {
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
compile 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.3.1'
compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:23.0.0'
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.0.1'
}

Answer 4

Another solution : navigate to

\sdk\extras\android\m2repository\com\android\support\appcompat-v7\23.x.x

open .aar file with 7-zip or winrar , in res folder remove values-23 folder and save changes .

Answer 5

This issue is raised because now the compile SDK version must match the Android Support library's major version.

In my case i have the Android Support Library version 23, so i had to compile against the Android SDK version 23, and I had to change this in my build.gradle file:

Well some of you will need to install the SDK, Android 6.0 (API 23)

and don´t forget to Sync project with gradle files

Answer 6

This is what helped me: Adding specific android platform

What should be done is the following... In my case it was cordova but the same is relevant for ionic, phonegap and other frameworks like these:

1. list all platforms installed for your project: cordova platform list. You'll see something like this:

2. remove the android platform: cordova platform remove android.

3. then add the specific android platform: cordova platform add android@5.0.0.

Good luck! :)