Getting error at running my app

Question

I am new at Android programming.I have just added some texts into my app just to learn it.But I couldnt run my app.It shows an error like this:

Error:Execution failed for task :app:processDebugManifest .

Manifest merger failed : uses-sdk:minSdkVersion 8 cannot be smaller than version 9 declared in library [com.android.support:appcompat-v7:24.2.0] D:\\MyAndroidProjects\\MyApplication\\app\\build\\intermediates\\exploded-aar\\com.android.support\\appcompat-v7\\24.2.0\\AndroidManifest.xml Suggestion: use tools:overrideLibrary="android.support.v7.appcompat" to force usage**

This was my first post.Sorry if I have done something wrong.I would be grateful if you could correct me.Thanks

Answer 1

The error explains the problem fairly clearly:

ses-sdk:minSdkVersion 8 cannot be smaller than version 9 declared in library [com.android.support:appcompat-v7:24.2.0]

The AppCompat v7 library has a minimum SDK version of 9. Thus you cannot support anything lower than 9 in your application.

Change your application's minSdkVersion to 9, and it will compile fine.

If you want to support API level 8 (you probably don't), then you either need to use an older version of AppCompat that supports it, or not use AppCompat at all.

Answer 2

将最低SDK版本更改为9，它将可以正常工作。