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

See original GitHub issue

Bug Report

Capacitor Version

2.0.1

npx cap doctor output:

Affected Platform(s)

Android
iOS
Electron
Web

Current Behavior

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

Expected Behavior

https://ionicframework.com/docs/native/camera

Sample Code or Sample Application Repo

https://github.com/Hansel03/photoApp

Reproduction Steps

ionic build ionic capacitor add android ionic capacitor open android

Other Technical Details

npm --version output: 6.13.4

node --version output: v12.16.1

pod --version output (iOS issues only): 1.9.1

ionic/angular 5.0.0

Android Studio 3.6.3 Captura de Pantalla 2020-04-22 a la(s) 4 38 15 p m

Other Information

https://github.com/ionic-team/capacitor/issues/1663

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 3 years ago
Comments:8 (1 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

163reactions

deborahjamescommented, Apr 7, 2021

Thank you so much . was getting error :

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

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jcesarmobilecommented, Apr 27, 2020

This is a problem on plugins not using old android support dependencies instead of AndroidX equivalent. Capacitor 2 requires AndroidX dependencies. It’s documented on the migration guide, but since some people can face this in new apps that are not migrated from Capacitor 1, I’ve added some information about it on the android troubleshooting guide

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