Styjun

Working on an Android app. The app was working fine, but suddenly I am getting build fails, with multiple 'cannot find symbol class' errors. I am pretty sure I have pushed several build releases on the same code, which is giving cannot find class errors now.

Errors in classes for which I have already included the implementations in the gradle files. (Error:(3, 35) error: cannot find symbol class SupportSQLiteDatabase), (Error:(3, 35) error: cannot find symbol class SupportSQLiteQuery)

Have tried changing details.useVersion to 28.0.0 but same result.

configurations.all 

 resolutionStrategy.eachDependency DependencyResolveDetails details ->
 def requested = details.requested
 if (requested.group == 'com.android.support') 
 if (!requested.name.startsWith("multidex")) 
 details.useVersion '26.0.0'
 
 
 

Gradle entries:

android 

 compileSdkVersion 28

 //buildToolsVersion "25.0.2"
 defaultConfig 
 applicationId "com.xxx.xxx"
 minSdkVersion 21
 minSdkVersion 21
 targetSdkVersion 25
 versionCode 3
 versionName "1.2"
 testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
 multiDexEnabled true
 
 compileOptions 
 targetCompatibility 1.8
 sourceCompatibility 1.8
 


dependencies 

 implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:28.0.0'
 implementation 'com.android.support:support-v4:28.0.0'
 implementation 'com.android.support:design:28.0.0'
 implementation 'com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:1.0.2'

// compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:7.8+'
// Barcode reader requires Version 8.1+ of playservices.
 implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-vision:15.0.2'
// testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'

 //Adding dependencies for the ROOM library
 //
 // ViewModel and LiveData
 implementation "android.arch.lifecycle:extensions:1.1.0"
 // alternatively, just ViewModel
 implementation "android.arch.lifecycle:viewmodel:1.1.0"
 // alternatively, just LiveData
 implementation "android.arch.lifecycle:livedata:1.1.0"
 annotationProcessor "android.arch.lifecycle:compiler:1.1.0"
 // Room (use 1.1.0-alpha1 for latest alpha)
 implementation "android.arch.persistence.room:runtime:1.1.1"
 annotationProcessor "android.arch.persistence.room:compiler:1.1.1"
 // Paging
 implementation "android.arch.paging:runtime:1.0.0-alpha5"
 // Test helpers for LiveData
 testImplementation "android.arch.core:core-testing:1.1.0"
 // Test helpers for Room
 testImplementation "android.arch.persistence.room:testing:1.0.0"
 //
 //End ROOM library dependencies
 implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jre7:$kotlin_version"

 //JSON GSON Depedency
 implementation 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.2'

 //Volley Dependency for HTTP(s) requests
 implementation 'com.android.volley:volley:1.1.0'

 //Recycler view and card view
 implementation 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:28.0.0'
 implementation 'com.android.support:cardview-v7:28.0.0'

 //ui Template related dependencies
 implementation 'com.ogaclejapan.smarttablayout:library:1.6.1@aar'
 implementation 'com.ogaclejapan.smarttablayout:utils-v4:1.6.1@aar'
 implementation('com.h6ah4i.android.widget.advrecyclerview:advrecyclerview:0.10.6@aar') 
 transitive = true
 
 implementation 'com.heinrichreimersoftware:material-intro:1.6.2'
 implementation 'com.squareup.picasso:picasso:2.5.2'

 //Retrofit libraries
 implementation 'com.squareup.retrofit2:retrofit:2.3.0'
 implementation 'com.squareup.retrofit2:converter-gson:2.2.0'

 //Firebase & Google Services
 implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-core:16.0.3'

 implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:17.3.2'

 //RxJava libraries
 implementation 'io.reactivex.rxjava2:rxjava:2.0.1'
 implementation 'io.reactivex.rxjava2:rxandroid:2.0.1'
 implementation 'com.jakewharton.retrofit:retrofit2-rxjava2-adapter:1.0.0'

 compile 'com.squareup.okhttp3:logging-interceptor:3.5.0'

 //view injection
 implementation 'com.jakewharton:butterknife:8.8.1'
 annotationProcessor 'com.jakewharton:butterknife-compiler:8.8.1'

 // for dimension manage
 implementation 'com.intuit.sdp:sdp-android:1.0.5'

 //datepicker
 implementation 'com.github.drawers:SpinnerDatePicker:1.0.6'

 //Dependency for SupportSQLiteDatabase
 implementation 'android.arch.persistence:db:1.1.1'

I tried invalidating/restarting - Did not work.
Removed Library files and sync with Gradle - did not work.

Upgraded Android Studio to 3.3.2. Used Kotlin V 1.3. Upgraded Gradle.
That removed the 'cannot find symbol class' error. But gave me new errors.
For some reason AndroidManifest.xml was throwing errors for the following format :

 <activity
 android:name=".transactions.xxx.xxx"
 android:screenOrientation="portrait">
 </activity>

But when the same code was changed to

 <activity
 android:name=".transactions.xxx.xxx"
 android:screenOrientation="portrait"/>

It worked fine.

Finally I got 'program type already present : ...ListAdapter' error which was resolved by

Android: Compilation error with v7 support lib 27.1.0 "Program type already present" android.support.v7.recyclerview.extensions.ListAdapter