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error: package android.support.v4.content does not exist

  Andrew Fletcher     published: 1 August 2022         1 minute read

Android Studio error

error: package android.support.v4.content does not exist

This is a problem with plugins using old Android support dependencies instead of the AndroidX equivalent.  As it's a dependency issue, to resolve add jetifier.  I know yet another package...

npm install jetifier
npx jetify
npx cap sync

 

Tools

Ionic CLI                     : 6.20.1 (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@ionic/cli)
   Ionic Framework               : @ionic/angular 6.2.0
   @angular-devkit/build-angular : 14.1.0
   @angular-devkit/schematics    : 14.1.0
   @angular/cli                  : 14.1.0
   @ionic/angular-toolkit        : 7.0.0

Capacitor:

   Capacitor CLI      : 4.0.1
   @capacitor/android : 4.0.1
   @capacitor/core    : 4.0.1
   @capacitor/ios     : 4.0.1

Cordova:

   Cordova CLI       : 11.0.0
   Cordova Platforms : android 11.0.0, ios 6.2.0
   Cordova Plugins   : cordova-plugin-ionic-keyboard 2.2.0, cordova-plugin-ionic-webview 5.0.0, (and 6 other plugins)

Utility:

   cordova-res : 0.15.4
   native-run  : 1.6.0

System:

   ios-deploy : 1.12.0
   ios-sim    : 8.0.2
   NodeJS     : v18.7.0 (/usr/local/Cellar/node/18.7.0/bin/node)
   npm        : 8.15.0
   OS         : macOS Big Sur
   Xcode      : Xcode 13.2.1 Build version 13C100

 

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