Why does Eclipse automatically add appcompat v7 library support whenever I create a new project

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Why does Eclipse automatically add appcompat v7 library support whenever I create a new project   I am creating a simple project whose MainActivity should extend Activity  but it does not  Eclipse automatically adds action bar support   How do I create a simple project without the appcompat library  FYI  I have downloaded the latest version of ADT with everything updated recently  I am using Window 7 x64

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I noticed creation of  appcompat  library while creating new android project with ADT 22 6 2 version  even when the minSDK was set to 11 and targetSDK was set 19  This was happening because  in the new project template android is using some attributes that are from the support library  For instance if a new project was created with actionbar then in the menu s main xml one could find app showAsAction  never  which is from support library     If the app is targeted at android version 11 and above then one can change this attribute to android showAsAction in menu s main xml Also the default theme set could be  Theme AppCompat Light DarkActionBar  as shown below  styles xml    lt style name  AppBaseTheme  parent  Theme AppCompat Light DarkActionBar  gt          lt  -- API 14 theme customizations can go here  -- gt      lt  style gt     In this case the parent theme in style xml has to be changed to  android style Theme Holo Light DarkActionBar    In addition to this if reference to Fragment Fragments Manager from support library was made in the code of MainActivity java  these have to appropriately changed to Fragment  FragmentManager of the SDK

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I m new with Android and the project appcompat v7 always be created when I create new Android application project makes me so uncomfortable   This is just a walk around  Choose Project Properties -  Android then at Library box just remove appcompat v7 x and add appcompat v7  Now you can delete appcompat v7 x  Uncheck Create Activity in create project wizard doesn t work  because when creating activity by wizard the appcompat v7 x appear again  My ADT s version is v22 6 2-1085508  I m sorry if my English is bad

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Eclipse automatically created the appcompat v7 Because of Kitkat Api launched itself it adds automatically appcompat v7 and fragment main xml   Best ways to solve these    Firstly in project Right click- gt properties- gt Android There you can see the red marked appcompat placed in Reference  Click that and Remove it Then Tick the right target name in Project Build Target  Delete fragment main xml and Appcompat file created in your Eclipse  Edit and change your activity main xml like these    lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt    lt RelativeLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      xmlns tools  http   schemas android com tools      android layout width  match parent      android layout height  match parent  gt        lt TextView         android layout width  wrap content          android layout height  wrap content          android text   string hello world    gt    lt  RelativeLayout gt   In res values styles xml    lt resources gt        lt style name  AppBaseTheme  parent  android Theme Light  gt        lt  style gt        lt  -- Application theme  -- gt       lt style name  AppTheme  parent  AppBaseTheme  gt        lt  style gt    lt  resources gt   In res values-v11 styles xml you have to change like these    lt resources gt        lt style name  AppBaseTheme  parent  android Theme Holo Light  gt       lt  style gt    lt  resources gt   In res values-v14 styles xml you have to change like these      lt resources gt        lt style name  AppBaseTheme  parent  android Theme Light  gt       lt  style gt        lt style name  AppTheme  parent  AppBaseTheme  gt       lt  style gt    lt  resources gt   Change your menu main xml like these    lt menu xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android   gt        lt item         android id    id action settings          android orderInCategory  100          android showAsAction  never          android title   string action settings   gt    lt  menu gt   Finally change your MainActivity java like these   import android app Activity  import android os Bundle    public class MainActivity extends Activity          Override     protected void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState            super onCreate savedInstanceState           setContentView R layout activity main            LikeWise you have to do it for creating a new project

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According to http   developer android com guide topics ui actionbar html     The ActionBar APIs were first added in Android 3 0  API level 11  but they are also available in the Support Library for compatibility with Android 2 1  API level 7  and above    In short  that auto-generated project you re seeing modularizes the process of adding the ActionBar to APIs 7-10     See http   hmkcode com add-actionbar-to-android-2-3-x  for a simplified explanation and tutorial on the topic

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Sorry with my English  When you create a new android project  you should choose api of high level  for example  from api 17 to api 21  It will not have appcompat and very easy to share project  If you did it with lower API  you just edit in Android Manifest to have upper API     after that  you can delete Appcompat V7

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It s included because your minimum SDK version is set to 10  The ActionBar was introduced in API 11  Eclipse adds it automatically so your app can look more consistent throughout the spectrum of all android versions you are supporting

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As stated in Android s Support Library Overview  it is considered good practice to include the support library by default because of the large diversity of devices and the fragmentation that exists between the different versions of Android  and thus  of the provided APIs    This is the reason why Android code templates tools included in Eclipse through the Android Development Tools  ADT  integrate them by default   I noted that you target API 15 in your sample  but the miminum required SDK for your package is API 10  for which the compatibility libraries can provide a tremendous amount of backward compatible APIs  An example would be the ability of using the Fragment API which appeard on API 11  Android 3 0 Honeycomb  on a device that runs an older version of this system   It is also to be noted that you can deactivate automatic inclusion of the Support Library by default

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Create a new Android Application Project and uncheck Create activity in step two  Configure project

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Why my eclipse automatically adds appcompat v7 library support   whenever i create a new project   Because your target SDK is set to 15  in which the Action Bar is on by default and your minimum supported SDK is set to 10  Action Bar come out in 11  so you need a support library  Eclipse adds it for you  Reference   You can configure project libraries in the build path of project properties

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If you are not targeting 2 x versions you can set your minimum sdk version of 4 x and then create project  Appcompat V7 lib wont be created

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