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Android Build a Blog Reader Android App Rebuilding from Scratch Creating the Project and ListActivity

Old Man
Old Man
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Posted by Old Man
Old Man
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Cannot import project files without errors

Trying to import the project files downloaded from treehouse. Get error message in the console "unable to resolve target 'android-17'". May be part of a larger problem: i updated to Eclipse version 23.0.2 and everything has fallen apart since. i no longer have a functioning emulator and was getting other buggy errors so downloaded the SDK from google but that seems to lack the entire java directory and related files so led to host of other problems. i have tried reinstalling the SDK from the prior class and updating, reinstalling the google SDK, mixing and matching the two but nothing works properly. how do i start with a clean updated slate?

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Ben Junya
Ben Junya
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Ben Junya
Ben Junya
12,365 Points

Hey Jon,

Sorry to hear you're having trouble. It's been a really frustrating time for all Android devs.

Hate to say it, but Eclipse support is pretty much dead. Tons of errors, things aren't compiling, and libraries are getting mismatched. It's irritating for everyone, and it's not just you, it's happening to all of us.

Have you tried migrating to Android Studio? Try doing that. Android Studio is free.

Also, you don't NEED the treehouse files to start a new project. From what I understand, if you just create a new project with a blank activity and no custom launcher icon, you should be ok.

Plus, Android Studio is way better in my opinion. I use it to write all my Android apps. Gradle can take some time to get used to, but overall, it's excellent.