Android appcompat v7:23

Question

Today, Google released SDK 6 API 23+.

I tried to create a project with the API 23, but I'm having the following problem:

Failed to resolve: com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.0

Here's my gradle file:

android {
    compileSdkVersion 23
    buildToolsVersion "23.0.0"

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "my.package"
        minSdkVersion 17
        targetSdkVersion 23
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    wearApp project(':wear')
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.0'
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:7.8.0'
}

In the SDK manager, the version 23 isn't listed to update:

How can I solve this?

Answer 1

Original answer:

I too tried to change the support library to "23". When I changed the targetSdkVersion to 23, Android Studio reported the following error:

This support library should not use a lower version (22) than the targetSdkVersion (23)

I simply changed:

compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.0.0'

to

compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:+'

Although this fixed my issue, you should not use dynamic versions. After a few hours the new support repository was available and it is currently 23.0.1.

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Pro tip:

You can use double quotes and create a ${supportLibVersion} variable for simplicity. Example:

ext {
    supportLibVersion = '23.1.1'
}

compile "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:${supportLibVersion}"
compile "com.android.support:design:${supportLibVersion}"
compile "com.android.support:palette-v7:${supportLibVersion}"
compile "com.android.support:customtabs:${supportLibVersion}"
compile "com.android.support:gridlayout-v7:${supportLibVersion}"

source: https://twitter.com/manidesto/status/669195097947377664