Error on importing an Eclipse project into Android Studio

Question

I'm trying to import a project done in Eclipse to Android Studio. While importing, I'm getting the following error:

"There are unrecoverable errors which must be corrected first"

Library reference ../../../../workspace/android-support-v7-appcompat could not be found

I tried copying appcompat folder to the root directory of project, still same error. How can I resolve it?

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Answer 1

Finally, I found a way..I opened the project.properties file in a text editor and removed the line which was related to appcompat. Then I managed to import the project without errors. After successful import, I added appcompat as a dependency as answered by Gabriele Mariotti. Thanks Gabriele Mariotti.

Answer 2

Dont' copy the appcompat library as a module in Android Studio.

Just add this dependency in your app/build.gradle file:

dependencies {
    compile "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:21.0.3"
}

Where the structure of your project is:

root
  app
     build.gradle  <-- here
  build.gradle  //top level