Please install package: 'Android Support Library'

Question

I am coding a Xamarin application and these are the errors that I am getting when building my application:

C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Xamarin\Android\Xamarin.Android.Common.targets(2,2): Error XA5206: Please install package: 'Android Support Library' available in SDK installer. Android resource directory C:\Users\Simon\Documents\Xamarin\SimpleOnePageViewPager\SimpleOnePageViewPager\Components\googleplayservicesgingerbread-16.0.0.1\lib\android\19.1.0\content\support/v7/appcompat doesn't exist. (XA5206) (SimpleOnePageViewPager)
C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Xamarin\Android\Xamarin.Android.Common.targets(2,2): Error XA5207: Please install package: 'Android Support Library' available in SDK installer. Java library file C:\Users\Simon\Documents\Xamarin\SimpleOnePageViewPager\SimpleOnePageViewPager\Components\googleplayservicesgingerbread-16.0.0.1\lib\android\19.1.0\content\support/v7/appcompat/libs/android-support-v7-appcompat.jar doesn't exist. (XA5207) (SimpleOnePageViewPager)
C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Xamarin\Android\Xamarin.Android.Common.targets(2,2): Error XA5206: Please install package: 'Android Support Library' available in SDK installer. Android resource directory C:\Users\Simon\Documents\Xamarin\SimpleOnePageViewPager\SimpleOnePageViewPager\Components\googleplayservicesgingerbread-16.0.0.1\lib\android\19.1.0\content\support/v7/mediarouter doesn't exist. (XA5206) (SimpleOnePageViewPager)
C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Xamarin\Android\Xamarin.Android.Common.targets(2,2): Error XA5207: Please install package: 'Android Support Library' available in SDK installer. Java library file C:\Users\Simon\Documents\Xamarin\SimpleOnePageViewPager\SimpleOnePageViewPager\Components\googleplayservicesgingerbread-16.0.0.1\lib\android\19.1.0\content\support/v7/mediarouter/libs/android-support-v7-mediarouter.jar doesn't exist. (XA5207) (SimpleOnePageViewPager)

I have added the Android Support Library v4 as a component and in the Android SDK Manager I seem to have everything installed correctly.

Can I please have some help to get my code building successfully?

Thanks in advance

EDIT

I have added the Android Support Library v7 AppCompat as a component and am now getting these two errors:

Error XA5206: Please install package: 'Android Support Library' available in SDK installer. Android resource directory C:\Users\Simon\Documents\Xamarin\SimpleOnePageViewPager\SimpleOnePageViewPager\Components\googleplayservicesgingerbread-16.0.0.1\lib\android\19.1.0\content\support/v7/mediarouter doesn't exist. (XA5206) (SimpleOnePageViewPager)
Error XA5207: Please install package: 'Android Support Library' available in SDK installer. Java library file C:\Users\Simon\Documents\Xamarin\SimpleOnePageViewPager\SimpleOnePageViewPager\Components\googleplayservicesgingerbread-16.0.0.1\lib\android\19.1.0\content\support/v7/mediarouter/libs/android-support-v7-mediarouter.jar doesn't exist. (XA5207) (SimpleOnePageViewPager)

Answer 1

in case your "embedded" folder is missing, just downloading and extracting the android_m2repository_r10.zip does not solve the issue.

I deleted the entire C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Xamarin\Android.Support.v4\23.0.1.3 folder and then rebuild as described here: [Error after updating the Android.Support Library v7 AppCompat to the 21.0.3 version

Answer 2

I solved all of the 'Please install Android Support Library' errors, although I'm not sure which step exactly solved it. However, this is what I did in case someone has the same trouble as I did:

• Download "https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/android_m2repository_r10.zip " and paste it in "C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Local\Xamarin\Android.Support.v4\21.0.3\". For mac users change the path pre-Xamarin to \Users\YourUserName\ .local\share\Xamarin (Overwrite as needed, but create backup just in case)
• Extract the contents of the android_m2repository_r10.zip archive into {...}\Android.Support.v4\21.0.3\content folder (create content folder if it doesn't exist, overwrite as needed and take same precautions as above)
• Repeat the steps above but this time for the {...}\Android.Support.v4\22.2.0 folder instead of the 21.0.3
• Make sure you have your packages updated to the latest version by right clicking on the Package folder of your solution and clicking Update (At least on Xamarin Studio).
• Make sure you also have the latest version of Android Support Library on the Android SDK Manager
• In case everything fails, try the AppCompat Android component from Xamarin (your milage may vary with the last one)

Answer 3

I was facing same problem and i followed following link and it is working like a charm.

https://forums.xamarin.com/discussion/56627/xamarin-android-support-v7-cardview-error-depite-being-installed

Answer 4

Just suppress the zip in Xamarin\zips{zip} and rebuild your solution .