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In my manifest.xml I have defined: 

    <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion:"8" android:targetSdkVersion:"8" />

and in android's documentation for View class it's been said:

    setBackground(Drawable) 
    // ADDED IN API LEVEL 16

This method has been added in api level 16. But when I use it in my code, eclipse doesn't issue any complaint and my app crashes on devices running api under 16.

Where am I wrong?

donfuxx
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you probably target Version 8 but compile with 19.

Philip
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  • What do you mean? I compile with 19? what does this mean ? – Joseph_Marzbani Mar 17 '14 at 22:24
  • when you created the project you had three options to set, `min sdk`, `target sdk` and `compile with` you usually set the min-sdk to something around your value, depending on your application. the target-sdk depends on your application too, but the sdk you compile with is new latest one. – Philip Mar 17 '14 at 22:27
  • Mine (sdk version) is 17 actually. What should I do now? – Joseph_Marzbani Mar 17 '14 at 22:50
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You could configure your project's Android Lint preferences like this:

  1. go to project --> properties --> Android Lint Preferences
  2. Set NewApi to severity error
  3. Click Apply button

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then it should underline the setBackground method red and mark it as an error. That works for me in my project.

donfuxx
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You are compiling against a version higher than 16. Go to your project.properties file at the root of your project and change the line target=android-someNumber to target=android-8.

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