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App crash on devices with Android version less than 23

See original GitHub issue

Please complete the following information:

Library Version 1.4.6
Affected Device(s) emulator device with Android 5.1

Describe the Bug:

Following crash occurs while trying to show balloon on devices with Android sdk version 22 and older.

    java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: No virtual method setForeground(Landroid/graphics/drawable/Drawable;)V in class Landroidx/appcompat/widget/AppCompatImageView; or its super classes (declaration of 'androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatImageView' appears in /data/app/nozy.video.livestream-1/base.apk)
        at com.skydoves.balloon.Balloon.initializeArrow$lambda-5$lambda-4(Balloon.kt:286)
        at com.skydoves.balloon.Balloon.$r8$lambda$6QerMEq1X1Gznc0_SUWDE5bxR6I(Balloon.kt)
        at com.skydoves.balloon.Balloon$$ExternalSyntheticLambda6.run(D8$$SyntheticClass)
        at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:739)
        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)
        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5254)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:903)
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:698)

Apparently, View.setForeground method added in api level 23 (https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View#setForeground(android.graphics.drawable.Drawable)), but the documentation claims that the library supports API 17+. I see “NewApi” lint warnings were suppressed 😃

Expected Behavior:

Balloon library should not cause a crash because of usage of View.setForeground method on devices with API Level greater than 16.