Resource Identifiers not found after adding Google Play Services Locations as Dependency

Question

Here is what my build.gradle file looks like right now. Please let me know if there any other information that I can furnish. The issue occurs after I add the last line in the dependencies. I have tried adding google-play-services:8.4.0 which fails as well.

I have tried older versions such as 8.1.0 also. Any suggestions welcome.

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 16
    buildToolsVersion "19.1.0"

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.example.devpactapp"
        minSdkVersion 15
        targetSdkVersion 20
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
    }

    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }

    repositories {
        flatDir {
            dirs 'aars'
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
    compile 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.3'
    compile 'com.google.guava:guava:18.0'
    compile 'com.microsoft.azure:azure-mobile-services-android-sdk:2.0.3'
    compile 'com.microsoft.azure:azure-notifications-handler:1.0.1@jar'
    compile 'com.microsoft.azure.android:azure-storage-android:0.6.0@aar'
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:8.4.0'
}

Here is the error log:

/Users/Debosmit/Documents/Workspace/devpact/app/build/intermediates/exploded-aar/com.google.android.gms/play-services-location/8.4.0/res/layout-v21/place_autocomplete_fragment.xml
Error:(18, 29) No resource found that matches the given name (at 'background' with value '?android:attr/selectableItemBackgroundBorderless').
Error:(49, 29) No resource found that matches the given name (at 'background' with value '?android:attr/selectableItemBackgroundBorderless').
/Users/Debosmit/Documents/Workspace/devpact/app/build/intermediates/exploded-aar/com.google.android.gms/play-services-location/8.4.0/res/layout/place_autocomplete_item_powered_by_google.xml
Error:(8) No resource identifier found for attribute 'layout_marginStart' in package 'android'
Error:(28) No resource identifier found for attribute 'layout_toEndOf' in package 'android'
Error:(28) No resource identifier found for attribute 'layout_marginStart' in package 'android'
/Users/Debosmit/Documents/Workspace/devpact/app/build/intermediates/exploded-aar/com.google.android.gms/play-services-location/8.4.0/res/layout/place_autocomplete_item_prediction.xml
Error:(8) No resource identifier found for attribute 'layout_alignParentStart' in package 'android'
Error:(35) No resource identifier found for attribute 'layout_toEndOf' in package 'android'
Error:(52) No resource identifier found for attribute 'layout_toEndOf' in package 'android'
/Users/Debosmit/Documents/Workspace/devpact/app/build/intermediates/exploded-aar/com.google.android.gms/play-services-location/8.4.0/res/layout/place_autocomplete_progress.xml
Error:(2) No resource identifier found for attribute 'indeterminateTint' in package 'android'
Error:(2) No resource identifier found for attribute 'indeterminateTintMode' in package 'android'
Error:Execution failed for task ':app:processDebugResources'.
> com.android.ide.common.internal.LoggedErrorException: Failed to run command:
    /Users/Debosmit/Library/Android/sdk/build-tools/19.1.0/aapt package -f --no-crunch -I /Users/Debosmit/Library/Android/sdk/platforms/android-16/android.jar -M /Users/Debosmit/Documents/Workspace/devpact/app/build/intermediates/manifests/full/debug/AndroidManifest.xml -S /Users/Debosmit/Documents/Workspace/devpact/app/build/intermediates/res/debug -A /Users/Debosmit/Documents/Workspace/devpact/app/build/intermediates/assets/debug -m -J /Users/Debosmit/Documents/Workspace/devpact/app/build/generated/source/r/debug -F /Users/Debosmit/Documents/Workspace/devpact/app/build/intermediates/res/resources-debug.ap_ --debug-mode --custom-package com.example.devpact -0 apk --output-text-symbols /Users/Debosmit/Documents/Workspace/devpact/app/build/intermediates/symbols/debug
  Error Code:
    1
  Output:
    /Users/Debosmit/Documents/Workspace/devpact/app/build/intermediates/res/debug/layout-v21/place_autocomplete_fragment.xml:11: error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name (at 'background' with value '?android:attr/selectableItemBackgroundBorderless').
    /Users/Debosmit/Documents/Workspace/devpact/app/build/intermediates/res/debug/layout-v21/place_autocomplete_fragment.xml:42: error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name (at 'background' with value '?android:attr/selectableItemBackgroundBorderless').
    /Users/Debosmit/Documents/Workspace/devpact/app/build/intermediates/res/debug/layout/place_autocomplete_item_powered_by_google.xml:8: error: No resource identifier found for attribute 'layout_marginStart' in package 'android'
    /Users/Debosmit/Documents/Workspace/devpact/app/build/intermediates/res/debug/layout/place_autocomplete_item_powered_by_google.xml:28: error: No resource identifier found for attribute 'layout_toEndOf' in package 'android'
    /Users/Debosmit/Documents/Workspace/devpact/app/build/intermediates/res/debug/layout/place_autocomplete_item_powered_by_google.xml:28: error: No resource identifier found for attribute 'layout_marginStart' in package 'android'
    /Users/Debosmit/Documents/Workspace/devpact/app/build/intermediates/res/debug/layout/place_autocomplete_item_prediction.xml:8: error: No resource identifier found for attribute 'layout_alignParentStart' in package 'android'
    /Users/Debosmit/Documents/Workspace/devpact/app/build/intermediates/res/debug/layout/place_autocomplete_item_prediction.xml:35: error: No resource identifier found for attribute 'layout_toEndOf' in package 'android'
    /Users/Debosmit/Documents/Workspace/devpact/app/build/intermediates/res/debug/layout/place_autocomplete_item_prediction.xml:52: error: No resource identifier found for attribute 'layout_toEndOf' in package 'android'
    /Users/Debosmit/Documents/Workspace/devpact/app/build/intermediates/res/debug/layout/place_autocomplete_progress.xml:2: error: No resource identifier found for attribute 'indeterminateTint' in package 'android'
    /Users/Debosmit/Documents/Workspace/devpact/app/build/intermediates/res/debug/layout/place_autocomplete_progress.xml:2: error: No resource identifier found for attribute 'indeterminateTintMode' in package 'android'

Answer 1

The issue was with the compileSdkVersion. Changing that to 23 (the latest) seemed to do the trick.

Not connected to the above issue, I also changed the targetSdkVersion to 23 (latest) as targeting devices that have API level less than that didn't quite make sense.