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

Description of the problem: When trying to build the SDK with Android Studio on Mac I get: “error: package android.support.v4.content does not exist”

Affected platform

• Android

OS of the development machine

• macOS

Other information: The build.gradle

// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.

buildscript {

    repositories {
        google()
        jcenter()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.4.1'
        classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.2.0'

        // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
        // in the individual module build.gradle files
    }
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
        google()
        jcenter()
    }
}

task clean(type: Delete) {
    delete rootProject.buildDir
}

Capacitor version: 1.0.0

node version: v12.1.0 npm version: 6.9.0

CocoaPods version: It’s Android that’s giving issues

Steps to reproduce: Probably a bug in my system, so don’t know how to reproduce it somewhere else.

Link to sample project: Don’t have it

[yogeshpatil143]

Hi All,

Please install below plugin , it’s 100% working.

if Ionic 3/4 any.

ionic cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-androidx-adapter

Normal cordova

cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-androidx-adapter

[deborahjames]

SOLUTION TO error: package android.support.v4.content does not exist import android.support.v4.content.FileProvider;

using jetify helped to solve .

from @ jcesarmobile’ s post — >https://github.com/ionic-team/capacitor/pull/2832

Error: “package android.support.* does not exist” This error occurs when some Cordova or Capacitor plugin has old android support dependencies instead of using the new AndroidX equivalent. You should report the issue in the plugin repository so the maintainers can update the plugin to use AndroidX dependencies.

As workaround you can also patch the plugin using jetifier

npm install jetifier npx jetify npx cap sync android