Appcompat does not work

Question

I am trying to use appcompat in my application. I have done everything according to the instructions. But when I add android-support-v7-appcompat as a library in my proect, I have an error like so:

Description Resource    Path    Location    Type
The container 'Android Dependencies' references non existing library 
'C:\Android\workspace\android-support-v7-appcompat\bin\
android-support-v7-appcompat.jar'
  testActionBar     Build path  Build Path Problem

what am I not doing right?

you need to reference appcompat properly in your android project — Raghunandan, Jan 20 '14 at 08:26
follow http://developer.android.com/tools/support-library/setup.html — Raghunandan, Jan 20 '14 at 08:30
I suppose library shouldn't even be in the bin folder as this folder get re-generated every now and then...just a thought — Max Ch, Jan 20 '14 at 08:31

Kaushik · Answer 1 · 2016-08-17T10:36:44.767

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delete appcompat.jar and v4-support.jar from libs folder
clean ur project

How to add android-support-v7-appcompat as a library
import android-support-v7-appcompat in eclipse as a library project and check copy into workspace
add android-support-v7-appcompat as library in ur project
right click on ur project -----> properties ------>android ------> add

how to add v-7 as library

clean ur project

I think this will help u

edited Aug 17 '16 at 10:36

answered Jan 20 '14 at 08:58

Kaushik

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I did everything exactly, and received error when do "right click on ur project -----> properties ------>android ------> add" – user3176367 Jan 20 '14 at 09:01

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 07 '14 at 05:15

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Before creating the project, run eclipse as Administrator so that it creates the jar in the location that it is referencing to.

Right click the eclipse icon and select the option"Run as Administrator"

answered Jul 07 '14 at 05:15

Anton

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score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 19 '14 at 13:01

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Just do the following steps

appcompat_v7_nn right click build project;
click to your project, project clean

edited Apr 19 '14 at 13:01

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answered Apr 19 '14 at 12:29

mvuki

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 20 '14 at 08:45

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Delete jar library from every directory you add. Then you need to add appcompat as a dependency. If you use Android Studio, you need to do as following:

add this

compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:18.0.+'

into your gradle dependencies and after that, Build -> Rebuild Project.

answered Jan 20 '14 at 08:45

alicanbatur

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How I can do it in eclipse? – user3176367 Jan 20 '14 at 08:48
Check this out, http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4859825/how-to-add-maven-managed-dependencies-library-in-build-path-eclipse . And if you are a beginner, i suggest you to learn android on Android Studio. – alicanbatur Jan 20 '14 at 08:50

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 25 '14 at 22:32

With "compatibility" files problems you can try to delete / or rename for security any appcompat "project" in eclipse and create a new project using a compatibility mode (different target and "required" SDK values, equals to your version needs), it will generate a new appcompat project, remember to link your existing project to this appcompat project and check your lib for no duplicate compat. jar.

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