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Alex Park
Alex Park
7,567 Points
Posted by Alex Park
Alex Park
7,567 Points

appcompat_7

Whenever i make a NEW android application project an appcompat_7 folder is created. What is this? and can i delete it? cause Ben's eclipse doesn't generate this.

2 Answers

Manpreet Gulati
Manpreet Gulati
10,773 Points
Manpreet Gulati
Manpreet Gulati
10,773 Points

This is being generated since the Android 4.0..It is a mechanism that is being used by eclipse for providing compatibility libraries can provide a tremendous amount of backward compatible APIs So, as to support previous Android Version's. You can basically ignore this Folder.

I've been using it without making any changes to this Specific folder...And everything Builds properly. Best of Luck..:)

For more : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22261288/why-eclipse-automatically-adds-appcompat-v7-library-support-whenever-i-create-a

Alex Park
Alex Park
7,567 Points
Alex Park
Alex Park
7,567 Points

Thank you very much :)

Manpreet Gulati
Manpreet Gulati
10,773 Points
Manpreet Gulati
Manpreet Gulati
10,773 Points

Best of Luck...Hope you have fun learning Android programming.. :)