A newer version of com.android.support:appcompat-v7 than 23.2.1 is available: 24.0.0-alpha1

Question

Appears the following error

A newer version of com.android.support:appcompat-v4 than 23.2.1 is available: 24.0.0-alpha1 and A newer version of com.android.support:appcompat-v7 than 23.2.1 is available: 24.0.0-alpha1

my build.gradle file:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 23
    buildToolsVersion "23.0.2"

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.zkc.i2ctools"
        minSdkVersion 8
        targetSdkVersion 23
    }

    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.txt'
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:23.2.1'
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.2.1'
    compile files('libs/core-3.1.0.jar')
}

Gradle build with error .What is wrong?

Answer 1

actually, there is a bug, "Lint should not suggest alpha version of support library dependency" https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=203270

Update (21-March-2016)

The bug has been merged with this https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=203321 and fixed for 2.1 Future release, on March 11

Answer 2

I believe that you may be confusing that info level log item with an error level log item. Logs like this will happen through out your application. However this does not mean anything in your application is broken.

I do not believe you should upgrade to the newer versions of appcompat until they are out of alpha unless they contain critical features/bug fixes that you require.

If it is unable to build, that's another story altogether.