Importing Project Gave Unable To Resolve Target 'android-7'

This app I completed around a year ago (!) but never launched it on the market place. I am trying to open it up in eclipse now to make some small modifications and work on the code

Solution 1:

Well, yes that is your problem. You don't have the API level 7 downloaded. You can right click the project and go properties->android and select another available API. As long as you don't change the min sdk version in your manifest you are still targeting as many devices as before.

<uses-sdkandroid:minSdkVersion="7"/>

Update

You don't have to do this, but you can get the older APIs on the SDK Archives page

I don't know if there is any official source for the next statement but that is what I found while working. If anybody can complete this with a better answer I would appreciate it very much.

You can compile the code with a newer SDK version as long as you don't use any code not compatible to the previous ones.

Example:

I want my app to be available for API level 7. But i only have API level 15 installed. As long as I keep the minSdkVersion="7" in my Manifest and don't use any resource not available in the previous APIs the app will work just fine on my targeted devices.

Solution 2:

For anyone who wants to test their project against an API level that isn't the most recent one, you can just use the SDK Manager to install the old SDK:

In Eclipse (with adt installed):

SDK Manager:

Just check the box of the SDK you want to use to test against your project and click install. You can also remove API's that you aren't using.

Solution 3:

Right click on your project then:

Properties -> Android -> Project build target -> Check Android 4.1.2

Solution 4:

In your application's manifest.xml file add this tag

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

It's worked for me. Try it.

Solution 5:

I resolved this issue by editing my project.properties file from: target=android-7 to: target=android-19.

I also changed the target sdk version in the manifest file: android:targetSdkVersion="19".