I was developed with AndroidX and it is a wonderful library, I run my demo app in my smartphone with Android 6, but I have a question, does AndroidX support Android 5.0 and lower?
It depends on the specific library, but on the whole the current set of androidx libraries support back to API Level 14 (Android 4.0).
With Android Studio 3.2 and higher, you can quickly migrate an existing project to use AndroidX by selecting Refactor > Migrate to AndroidX from the menu bar.
Ref: Migrate an existing project using Android Studio
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how can i check what are my Android SDK version, Android Build Tools version and Android Support Repository version of a project in Android studio?
Configurations related to the minSdkVersion, targetSdkVersion and buildToolsVersions which are used in the project are in build.gradle of your app module. You can configure it to use any other version as per your requirements.
Android Support Repository version of a project in Android studio?
Now support libraries have been changed to androidx and are a part of Jetpack. Previous support libraries included in the android studio are deprecated now. You can read about these here.
I am new in mobile development using Java and Kotlin, I had an application in Java which I needed to start in a new project.
When creating a new project in Android Studio, I checked Use androidx.* artifacts. After coping some dependencies from my old project, I had too many errors which I fixed by going to Refactor => Migrate to AndroidX
Now I want to now what is the difference between android and androidx packages.
Thanks in advance.
Android has been building up APIs that are backward compatable and has a lot of Android Support libraries that exist in developer APIs. To clean up this mess,Android introduced androidx libraries. AndroidX is a major improvement to the original Android Support Library. Like the Support Library, AndroidX ships separately from the Android OS and provides backwards-compatibility across Android releases. AndroidX fully replaces the Support Library by providing feature parity and new libraries
You can read about androidx here https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx
The android.com site about snackbars (https://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/design/widget/Snackbar.html) says: added in version 22.2.0
So do I need to check for Api 22 or 23?
You need to add support for Snackbar in the gradle to work for lower APIs.
Add the following in dependencies of gradle and sync it:
compile 'com.android.support:design:22.2.0'
You do not need to check for version.
The Android Design Support Library supports it for Android 2.1 and higher (API 7).
Recently I've removed my old Eclipse and download/install new version Neon.
I know I have to download SDK from Android SDK Manager. So I've download some releases which I needed and for "Extra" part could find Android Support Library.
I've checked Obsolete and found it, but I want to use new version of appcompat (24.2.0) which is part of Android Support Repository and I've downloaded, but can not add it by normal way (I think).
So how to add appcompat 24.2.0 into Eclipse?
Note:
When I want to import Existing Android code Into Workplace and address it to the appcompat there isn't anything to add, because it's Maven:
C:\android-sdk-windows\extras\Android\m2repository\com\Android\support\appcompat-v7\24.2.0
I am developing an app using Android Studio and AppCompat. I cannot seem to compile the Android support library to make a TabLayout. I get the error
"Could not find com.android.support:design:23.2.0".
Did you add the package in the Gradle file?
You need to have the Android Support Repository via the SDK manager.
Make sure latest version matches targetSdkVersion