ADT 22.2 New App Wizard: Unsupported template dependency: Upgrade your Android Eclipse plugin

Question

I found some answers to that issue but none worked for me. When getting the last screen in a new project creation, I'm getting the next message:

Unsupported template dependency: Upgrade your Android Eclipse plugin

The required version is empty (in some cases appears as 8). The installed version is 18.

I already tried many of the solutions I found here, like:

• Run the SDK manager as administrator
• Run Eclipse as administrator
• Re-install the support components from the SDK extra folder and then restart Eclipse,

None of these didn't work for me.

Is there another solution?

Answer 1

Update 2: Now (2013-09-19T17:00:00Z) there's an ADT 22.2.1 and Tools 22.2.1 updates available that fix this issue:

• Use Eclipse > Help > Check for Updates to get ADT 22.2.1
• Use SDK Manager to get Tools 22.2.1

You need both parts to fix the issue. The ADT bundle and the installer package on http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html have been updated too.

(From here)

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Update: The bug report now has a response with fixed template files attached and the following comments:

This one is my bad. I was in the middle of changing the dependency system used by the templates and a transient state got picked up into this tools build. The templates have settled in the AOSP master branch.

I've attached a snapshot of the current Activities templates. Replacing your sdk/tools/templates/activities folder with the contents of this zip should resolve this issue.

I apologize for the inconvenience.

My older workaround below.

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Workaround to the bug:

For Blank Activity:

1. Edit <sdk>/tools/templates/activities/BlankActivity/template.xml

2. Comment out the dependency:

   <!--<dependency name="appcompat" version="v7" />--> 

For Master/Detail Flow:

1. Edit <sdk>/tools/templates/activities/MasterDetailFlow/template.xml

2. Comment out the dependencies:

   <!--<dependency name="support" version="v4" /> <dependency name="android-support-v4" revision="8" />--> 

Finally:

• Restart Eclipse

If needed, copy android-support-v4.jar from <sdk>/extras/support/v4 to your libs.