SwitchCompat targeting API 14 and over instead of API 7 [37139255]

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ko...@gmail.com

created issue #1

Mar 16, 2017 02:44AM

Library used: appcompat-v7
Version used: 25.3.0
Theme used: N/A
Devices/Android versions reproduced on: API 13 and below

As per the documentation of SwitchCompat (

https://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/v7/widget/SwitchCompat.html) "SwitchCompat is a version of the Switch widget which on devices back to API v7.". The new 25.3.0 drops support for everything below API 14. This also means that widgets and views building on SwitchCompat also produce error, such as SwitchPreferenceCompat in support preference-v7.

The support lib revisions page does not contain any info about deprecation nor removal of this element from API (7-)9-13 devices. If it is not being supported on devices below API 14, the appropriate classes should be modified to implement a different widget or a custom implementation.

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ja...@gmail.com <ja...@gmail.com> #2Mar 17, 2017 08:57AM

I confirm. There is such problem for version 25.3.0.

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ar...@google.com <ar...@google.com> #3Mar 17, 2017 01:38PM

Assigned to ar...@google.com.

We have passed this defect on to the development team and will update this issue with more information as it becomes available.

ki...@google.com <ki...@google.com> Mar 17, 2017 05:54PM

Marked as fixed, reassigned to ch...@google.com.

ai...@gmail.com <ai...@gmail.com> #5Mar 21, 2017 10:48AM

Please fix this problem

ko...@gmail.com <ko...@gmail.com> #6Mar 21, 2017 08:25PM

Are you kidding me? The "fix" is that you increase min SDK level to 14? I base this assumption on the fact that 26.0.0 alpha 1 is out and it states that the min level is set to 14, anything below that should just die peacefully. If it's true, then it's even more ridiculous than deploying lib versions without actually testing them...

pe...@gmail.com <pe...@gmail.com> #7Mar 21, 2017 10:32PM

Could somebody from the team please confirm whether this issue is indeed the reason for bumping the min SDK to 14 in 26.0.0-alpha1?

ca...@gmail.com <ca...@gmail.com> #8Mar 23, 2017 03:32AM

I also need to target SDK 10, so I'm bumping back to version 25.2.0 until there is a "good" fix.

ro...@gmail.com <ro...@gmail.com> #9Apr 1, 2017 03:38PM

Apparently this is fixed in 25.3.1.

li...@gmail.com <li...@gmail.com> #10Apr 21, 2017 03:09PM

Well, this costed me a day of work. Can confirm that it has been fixed in 25.3.1

do...@gmail.com <do...@gmail.com> #11Jun 4, 2017 08:28AM

There is Switch in api 14, then why we need SwitchCompat...?

gy...@gmail.com <gy...@gmail.com> #12Jun 4, 2017 11:22AM

SwitchCompat is part of the appcompat lib, so it provides material design on pre-Lollilop devices. I guess the native switch does not do that.

ko...@gmail.com <ko...@gmail.com> #13Jun 8, 2017 11:33PM

This bug is back in 25.4.0. The 25.x.x is supposed to be compatible with pre-14 devices, only 26.x.x should drop support.

cp...@gmail.com <cp...@gmail.com> #14Jun 26, 2017 01:48PM

Confirm regression, bug is back in 25.4.0