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Android

Posted by Niranjan Deodhar
Niranjan Deodhar
Courses Plus Student 1,941 Points

Parse course - steps in getting started give error on "ParseStarterProject"

When I import the ParseStarterProject, it shows an error. It does not go away after entering the keys from the Parse website, and the project doesn't build. The log cat is huge, talks about failing to connect on TCP/IP etc. Needless to say I can't run, and therefore when I press "Test" there is no data posted on the cloud.

4 Answers

Ben Jakuben
STAFF
Ben Jakuben
Treehouse Teacher
Ben Jakuben
Ben Jakuben
Treehouse Teacher

Are you using Eclipse or Android Studio? Can you paste in the contents of your logcat? Whatever you think is relevant, but it might be a lot! :)

Niranjan Deodhar
PLUS
Niranjan Deodhar
Courses Plus Student 1,941 Points
Niranjan Deodhar
Niranjan Deodhar
Courses Plus Student 1,941 Points

Tried both; on Eclipse the error has changed even though I didn't do anything new. It used to be a very long log cat that I could not attach here, but now it says the following one line only:

[2014-09-16 10:02:27 - ParseStarterProject] Unable to resolve target 'android-9'

On Android Studio, it asked me for "Gradle Home", and I couldn't figure out what to do next!

Ben Jakuben
STAFF
Ben Jakuben
Treehouse Teacher
Ben Jakuben
Ben Jakuben
Treehouse Teacher

Okay, let's try it with Eclipse. Can you paste in the contents of your AndroidManifest.xml file? It sounds like there is an incompatible API setting in there.

Niranjan Deodhar
PLUS
Niranjan Deodhar
Courses Plus Student 1,941 Points
Niranjan Deodhar
Niranjan Deodhar
Courses Plus Student 1,941 Points

Here you go:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="com.parse.starter" android:versionCode="1" android:versionName="1.0" >

<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" android:targetSdkVersion="19"/>

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />

<application
    android:name="ParseApplication"
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name" >
    <activity
        android:name=".ParseStarterProjectActivity"
        android:label="@string/app_name" >
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>
</application>

</manifest>

Ben Jakuben
Ben Jakuben
Treehouse Teacher
Ben Jakuben
Ben Jakuben
Treehouse Teacher

Sorry for my delayed reply here! I spent too much time on Swift stuff for a few days. :-/

First things first...I'd recommend targeting 14 and up, so change android:minSdkVersion="8" to android:minSdkVersion="14".

Your previous error Unable to resolve target 'android-9' was trying to find an older version of the Android SDK that you probably don't have installed.