android ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission() not found

Question

I am trying to make runtime permissions backward compatible with older devices but using the support library i cant find checkSelfPermission() static call in

Answer 1

If you have migrated from eclipse adding the below line wont work

compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.0.1'

While migrating, it adds appcompatv4 as an external dependent library. Make sure you have deleted the appcompatv4 library from the libs folder and then it should start working