Deprecated method, but replacing method requires higher api

Question

I wanted to use view.setBackgroundDrawable(Drawable) but this method is deprecated. It is replaced with .setBackground(Drawable). But my minimum of API 8 can't handle that. It tells me to set the minimum to API 16.

Is there a way to use a different method, based on the API of the device?

Something like

if(API<16)
{
  view.setBackgroundDrawable(Drawable)
}
else
{
  view.setBackground(Drawable)
}

Or do I really have to change the minimum API to do this?

score 40 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 05 '12 at 09:41

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setBackgroundDrawable is deprecated but it still works so you could just use it. But if you want to be completely correct you should use something like this

int sdk = android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT;
if(sdk < android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN) {
    setBackgroundDrawable()
} else {
    setBackground();
}

For this to work you need to set buildTarget api 16 and min build to 7 or something similar.

answered Nov 05 '12 at 09:41

Antrromet

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In this code...the warning will still be shown, you can use suppress warnings to remove it! – Antrromet Nov 05 '12 at 09:43
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Actually I need both of these: @SuppressLint("NewApi") @SuppressWarnings("deprecation") – Niels Nov 05 '12 at 09:48
Yea, I forgot to mention the Lint warnings – Antrromet Nov 05 '12 at 09:51
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Another way to disable the lint check is to place `//noinspection deprecation` on the line before setBackgroundDrawable() – Ben Clayton Sep 03 '14 at 19:53
@BenClayton I never new about `noinspection`, thanks – Ali Bdeir Jul 23 '16 at 16:19

score 7 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 05 '12 at 09:43

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Something like this:

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN){
   view.setBackgroundDrawable(Drawable)
} else {
   view.setBackground(Drawable)
}

answered Nov 05 '12 at 09:43

Simon

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score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 05 '12 at 09:41

You can use different methods based on the API versions.

For e.g:

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.FROYO) {
        //Methods for version <8 (FROYO)
} else {
        // Methods for version >=8
}

Here set your targetSDkversion to any higher versions(for e.g 16 here) and set your minsdkversion to lower versions ( API 7).

Deprecated method, but replacing method requires higher api

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