How to enable lint error in Android Studio for message "Call requires API level 21 (current min is 16)"?

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I have a method called setImageTintList() that requires min API to be 21. But, if I set my min API to 16 in gradle, the app still builds without any warning.

Although there is a red line saying:

setImageTintList() - Call requires API level 21 (current min is 16)

it does not show any warning, error or compile error.

How can I set the lint warning level in android studio such that it will error out and possibly prevent the build in cases like this?

It will compile, but it will probably crash if older versions of the app (pre 21) hit the method. — zgc7009, Sep 26 '16 at 19:20
did you check that? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32631131/how-do-we-configure-android-studio-to-run-its-lint-on-every-build?rq=1 — njzk2, Sep 26 '16 at 19:21
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/35706305/force-gradle-build-failure-on-deprecated-usage — zgc7009, Sep 26 '16 at 20:45
Did you find any solutions for this issue? I can't see the message also. — Orcun Sevsay, Jun 24 '19 at 10:18

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 06 '18 at 08:34

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It appears the Android's gradle plugin lint is not able to report invalid Android API calls as errors.

But you can use the gradle-animalsniffer-plugin to achieve the same.

answered Mar 06 '18 at 08:34

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How to enable lint error in Android Studio for message "Call requires API level 21 (current min is 16)"?

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