Android Studio error: cannot find symbol class AdapterViewCompat with compileSdkVersion 23 and buildToolsVersion '23.0.1'

Question

This is my gradle file and I am getting error:

cannot find symbol
import android.support.v7.internal.widget.AdapterViewCompat;
error:package AdapterViewCompat does not exist.

Grade is as below:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'


android {
    compileSdkVersion 23
    buildToolsVersion '23.0.1'

 ...    

 dependencies 
 {
    compile 'com.android.support:cardview-v7:23.0.0'
    compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:23.0.0'
    compile 'com.android.support:design:23.0.0'
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.1.0'
    compile 'com.android.support:gridlayout-v7:+'
    ...        
  }

Don't add the same dependency twice or more (ex: com.android.support:appcompat-v7) and use the same version for all support libraries:23.1.0 — Gabriele Mariotti, Nov 09 '15 at 12:29

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 09 '15 at 14:28

It happens because the

android.support.v7.internal.widget.AdapterViewCompat;

doesn't exist in appcompat v23 (while it existed in v22).
You can check it in

androidsdk\extras\android\m2repository\com\android\support\appcompat-v7\23.1.0\appcompat-v7-23.1.0-sources.jar

In general don't use the class inside the internal package.

IntelliJ Amiya · Answer 2 · 2016-03-02T11:38:32.470

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android.support.v7.internal.widget.AdapterViewCompat;

Edit

You should use buildToolsVersion "22.0.1" because of Its obsolete in 23 .

edited Mar 02 '16 at 11:38

answered Nov 09 '15 at 12:31

IntelliJ Amiya

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@TarunKundhiya Okay .After change did you clean and restart and Sync (gradle) your project ? – IntelliJ Amiya Nov 09 '15 at 12:35
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23330816/error-package-android-support-v7-app-does-not-exist?answertab=active#tab-top – IntelliJ Amiya Nov 09 '15 at 12:39
it is a compilation error. It means that either there is a problem in your Java source code, or there is a problem in the way that you are compiling it. – IntelliJ Amiya Nov 09 '15 at 12:43
@TarunKundhiya Updated this answer . – IntelliJ Amiya Mar 02 '16 at 11:53

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 10 '17 at 18:09

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if you have existing code then change AdapterViewCompat to AdapterView and import android.widget.AdapterView; if you are writing new code then use AdapterView instead AdapterViewcompact as AdapterViewCompact deprecated in api v23 or higher

answered Mar 10 '17 at 18:09

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Android Studio error: cannot find symbol class AdapterViewCompat with compileSdkVersion 23 and buildToolsVersion '23.0.1'

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