IntelliJ 12 + ActionBarSherlock settings: Could not find class 'android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity'

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There are numerous Q&A about IntelliJ 12 + ABS(ActionBarSherlock) settings.

similar case to this question but shows different errors.

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Answer 1

I also had this problem in Android Studio (Version 1.1.0) when I wanted to check/test the "EffectiveNavigation"-App from the google examples (Link: http://developer.android.com/training/implementing-navigation/lateral.html)

What I had to do was to add this code snippet at the path ".\EffectivNavigation\app\builde.gradle":

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:20.0.0'
}

So the whole build.gradle looks like this:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 21
    buildToolsVersion "21.1.2"

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.example.android.effectivenavigation"
        minSdkVersion 14
        targetSdkVersion 14
    }

    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.txt'
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:20.0.0'
}

You can also use

compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:20.+'

instead of

compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:20.0.0'

Maybe this answer is more helpfull for you than the other answers.