Android support library error after updating to 23.3.0

Question

I have been using android support v4 23.1.1 and recently tried to update it to 23.3.0 ( the latest one when this was asked) but I got the following error:

Answer 1

Took me a while to get out of this error. But this is what has worked for me, give it a try:

NOTE: Am using compileSdkVersion 26

I removed both androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support.test:runner:1.0.2' & androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.0.2' in the dependencies block in build.gradle(Module: app). So I ended up with this:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 26
    buildToolsVersion '26.0.2'
    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.date.brian.cradletest"
        minSdkVersion 15
        targetSdkVersion 26
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
        testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
}
   buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
}

dependencies {

    implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:26.1.0'
    implementation 'com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:1.1.0'
    compile 'com.android.support:design:26.1.0'
    compile 'com.android.support:cardview-v7:26.1.0'
    compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:26.1.0'
    compile 'com.getbase:floatingactionbutton:1.9.0'
    compile 'de.hdodenhof:circleimageview:2.1.0'
    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
}

I hope this comes in handy!