I have a project which is currently on AndroidX, I'm trying to implement an activity which is an introduction activity to show the user how to use the app. This uses the v4 support library packages which I have placed in the libs folder, as well as the build.gradle
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Here are the dependencies which I'm using in the build.gradle
:
dependencies {
implementation fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0-alpha01'
implementation 'androidx.legacy:legacy-support-v4:1.0.0'
implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.1.0-alpha02'
implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:2.0.0-alpha3'
testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test:runner:1.1.1'
androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.1.1'
implementation 'com.squareup.picasso:picasso:2.71828'
implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-database:16.0.5'
implementation 'com.firebaseui:firebase-ui-database:2.1.0'
implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-core:16.0.5'
implementation 'com.firebaseui:firebase-ui-auth:4.1.0'
implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-auth:16.0.5'
implementation 'com.synnapps:carouselview:0.1.5'
implementation 'com.github.m7mdra:HtmlRecycler:0.1.11'
implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-auth:16.0.5'
// Facebook Android SDK (only required for Facebook Login)
// Used in FacebookLoginActivity.
implementation 'com.facebook.android:facebook-login:4.38.1'
implementation 'androidx.browser:browser:1.0.0'
implementation 'com.facebook.android:facebook-android-sdk:[4,5)'
implementation files('libs/android-support-v4.jar')
implementation 'com.android.support:support-v4:28.0.0'
}
Updated code for the WelcomeActivity.java
where the errors are being displayed:
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.graphics.Color;
import android.os.Build;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.text.Html;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.view.Window;
import android.view.WindowManager;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.LinearLayout;
import android.widget.TextView;
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
import androidx.viewpager.widget.PagerAdapter;
import androidx.viewpager.widget.ViewPager;
public class WelcomeActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
private ViewPager viewPager;
private MyViewPagerAdapter myViewPagerAdapter;
private LinearLayout dotsLayout;
private TextView[] dots;
private int[] layouts;
private Button btnSkip, btnNext;
private PreferenceManager prefManager;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
// Checking for first time launch - before calling setContentView()
prefManager = new PreferenceManager(this);
if (!prefManager.isFirstTimeLaunch()) {
launchHomeScreen();
finish();
}
// Making notification bar transparent
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 21) {
getWindow().getDecorView().setSystemUiVisibility(View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_STABLE | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_LAYOUT_FULLSCREEN);
}
setContentView(R.layout.activity_welcome);
viewPager = (androidx.viewpager.widget.ViewPager) findViewById(R.id.view_pager);
dotsLayout = (LinearLayout) findViewById(R.id.layoutDots);
btnSkip = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn_skip);
btnNext = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn_next);
// layouts of all welcome sliders
// add few more layouts if you want
layouts = new int[]{
R.layout.slide_screen1,
R.layout.slide_screen2,
R.layout.slide_screen3};
// adding bottom dots
addBottomDots(0);
// making notification bar transparent
changeStatusBarColor();
myViewPagerAdapter = new MyViewPagerAdapter();
viewPager.setAdapter(myViewPagerAdapter);
viewPager.addOnPageChangeListener(viewPagerPageChangeListener);
btnSkip.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
launchHomeScreen();
}
});
btnNext.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
// checking for last page
// if last page home screen will be launched
int current = getItem(+1);
if (current < layouts.length) {
// move to next screen
viewPager.setCurrentItem(current);
} else {
launchHomeScreen();
}
}
});
}
private void addBottomDots(int currentPage) {
dots = new TextView[layouts.length];
int[] colorsActive = getResources().getIntArray(R.array.array_dot_active);
int[] colorsInactive = getResources().getIntArray(R.array.array_dot_inactive);
dotsLayout.removeAllViews();
for (int i = 0; i < dots.length; i++) {
dots[i] = new TextView(this);
dots[i].setText(Html.fromHtml("•"));
dots[i].setTextSize(35);
dots[i].setTextColor(colorsInactive[currentPage]);
dotsLayout.addView(dots[i]);
}
if (dots.length > 0)
dots[currentPage].setTextColor(colorsActive[currentPage]);
}
private int getItem(int i) {
return viewPager.getCurrentItem() + i;
}
private void launchHomeScreen() {
prefManager.setFirstTimeLaunch(false);
startActivity(new Intent(WelcomeActivity.this, GoogleSignInActivity.class));
finish();
}
// viewpager change listener
ViewPager.OnPageChangeListener viewPagerPageChangeListener = new ViewPager.OnPageChangeListener() {
@Override
public void onPageSelected(int position) {
addBottomDots(position);
// changing the next button text 'NEXT' / 'GOT IT'
if (position == layouts.length - 1) {
// last page. make button text to GOT IT
btnNext.setText(getString(R.string.start));
btnSkip.setVisibility(View.GONE);
} else {
// still pages are left
btnNext.setText(getString(R.string.next));
btnSkip.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
}
}
@Override
public void onPageScrolled(int arg0, float arg1, int arg2) {
}
@Override
public void onPageScrollStateChanged(int arg0) {
}
};
/**
* Making notification bar transparent
*/
private void changeStatusBarColor() {
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP) {
Window window = getWindow();
window.addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_DRAWS_SYSTEM_BAR_BACKGROUNDS);
window.setStatusBarColor(Color.TRANSPARENT);
}
}
/**
* View pager adapter
*/
public class MyViewPagerAdapter extends PagerAdapter {
private LayoutInflater layoutInflater;
public MyViewPagerAdapter() {
}
@Override
public Object instantiateItem(ViewGroup container, int position) {
layoutInflater = (LayoutInflater) getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
View view = layoutInflater.inflate(layouts[position], container, false);
container.addView(view);
return view;
}
@Override
public int getCount() {
return layouts.length;
}
@Override
public boolean isViewFromObject(View view, Object obj) {
return view == obj;
}
@Override
public void destroyItem(ViewGroup container, int position, Object object) {
View view = (View) object;
container.removeView(view);
}
}
}
The errors being displayed are:
package android.support.v4.view does not exist
package android.support.v4.view.ViewPager does not exist