Hello, I plan to contribute to AntennaPod, and while I do have experience with Java, this would be my first stint with Android app development. I have been trying to build AntennaPod in Android Studio but have faced couple of issues:
Error: Extension not initialized yet, couldn't access compileSdkVersion
This error was coming during the build, with some browsing and similar question on SO, I updated the dependency 'com.getkeepsafe.dexcount:dexcount-gradle-plugin:1.0.2' to 'com.getkeepsafe.dexcount:dexcount-gradle-plugin:2.0.0' in the build.gradle file and didn’t get the error again.
Error: Configurations for main.xml must agree on the root element's ID. Missing ID: - layout-sw720dp @+id/drawer_layout: - layout
This error is coming after above one got resolved, it seems the two sw720dp\main.xml and layout\main.xml files have different root IDs and that is resulting in error. But what should I exactly modify to fix this issue? And are these files used to decide layout on different phones?
If anyone has faced these issues and can help me and get me up and running swiftly, I would appreciate that. I will also further use this thread for any build related or such issues which may help other contributors too.
Gradle version on my system is 5.1.2. I see that in the build.gradle file it is mentioned 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.1.2'. Could this be causing an issue? Shall I downgrade the Gradle on my system?
Using these steps, I was able to get it all up and running directly. Only thing I have done differently earlier was that I imported from an already cloned repository, instead of using the get project from version control option. I don’t understand how doing that would have caused those errors to occur.
Appreciate the help, I was able to get the app running in the emulator once the build and other things were done. I also managed to try out some of the changes for one of the issues I have been trying to work on.
I will keep working on them and if I do face any further issue, I will reply back here. Thanks!
