eclipse can't find android.support.v4.widget.SwipeRefreshLayout

Question

Even after clicking on Add Support Library and choosing version 19, eclipse still can\'t find android.support.v4.widget.SwipeRefreshLayout. Does anyone know how to get this

Answer 1

The SDK Manager update Android Support Library to 19.1.0. But when you use Android Tools > Add Support Library, eclipse update Android Support Library to 19.0. I think this is a bug. Copy Android Support Library 19.1.0 to libs folder manually.

Answer 2

It was difficult to update the support library to version 19.1 so i downloaded it manually from https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/support_r19.1.zip and added the jar to my build path manually. works for me. I dont know why the 19 update shows instead of 19.1.0

Answer 3

So it turns out the library is in the following location

/android-sdk-macosx/extras/android/m2repository/com/android/support/support-v4/19.1.0

As opposed to the usual

/android-sdk-macosx/extras/android/support

Also I had to restart eclipse and go to Android SDK Manager over and over and over, until the 19.1.0 version shows up.

I hope this saves someone else some trouble.

Answer 4

It looks as if you don't have the android-support-v4.jar in Java Build Path. Add it from the android-support-v7-appcompat.

Answer 5

For some reason, even though you may include v4 support library or you may have v7-appcompat included in your project, you may not be able to import SwipeRefreshLayout.

You need to make sure that

• you change the target=android-19 to target=android-22(It should be anything greater that 19) and
• manually import : import android.support.v4.widget.SwipeRefreshLayout; in your activity which will resolve the import related issue.

Answer 6

In androidx, add

implementation 'androidx.legacy:legacy-support-v4:1.0.0'

inorder to use SwipeRefreshLayout