Why does Android Lint say "Call requires API level 8 (Current min is 8)"?

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I could understand if the API level required by the call was higher than the minimum, but why should it be a problem if it's equal to the minimum?

Let me guess you are using `Android Studio` and seeing this error? — tyczj, May 24 '13 at 20:38

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered May 24 '13 at 23:27

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I got the same problem in Android Studio; it was not a problem in IntelliJ which I had been using prior to AS.

To "fix it" I simply used the TargetApi annotation:

@TargetApi(8)

I only added it to my main Activity and the warnings went away everywhere.

answered May 24 '13 at 23:27

free3dom

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Awesome! If you conditionally load a class when `Build.VERSION.SDK_INT > n`, then putting `@TargetApi(n)` on that class will suppress the undesired red warnings. – Jerry101 Oct 21 '14 at 03:09

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered May 25 '13 at 00:44

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This was a bug in Android Studio 0.1. It is fixed for 0.1.1

See fix: https://android-review.googlesource.com/#/c/58798/1

answered May 25 '13 at 00:44

Siva Velusamy

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 24 '13 at 20:42

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In AndroidManifest.xmllook at uses-sdk and value of android:minSdkVersion. Make sure specified sdk version has level equal or higher then 8.

answered May 24 '13 at 20:42

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The minimum SDK level is set to 8, that's why I don't understand why it's complaining about an API level 8 call. – joe_deniable May 24 '13 at 20:46
When using the gradle build, set `minSdkVersion` and `targetSdkVersion` in `build.grade` instead of the `` element in `AndroidManifest.xml`. *Still,* Android Studio 0.6.1 is warning that some layout resources "requires API level 11 (current min is 1)" even though it's set to 13. – Jerry101 Jun 18 '14 at 01:06

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered May 24 '13 at 20:45

Android Studio has some lint problems because I have this same problem too. The project should still build though. if not just do a simple check for the build version

if(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT > Build.VERSION_CODES.ECLAIR_MR1){
    //code goes here
}

and that should suppress the lint check

Why does Android Lint say "Call requires API level 8 (Current min is 8)"?

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