Unhelpful error ''compileSdkVersion is not specified. Please add it to build.gradle" [373478537]

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ad...@jetbrains.com

created issue #1

Oct 15, 2024 10:36AM

This issue is for the Android Gradle Plugin, but the web UI won't let me create issues for AGP.

DESCRIBE THE ISSUE IN DETAIL:

I see an unhelpful error when adding AGP to a Gradle project.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE:

Add id("com.android.library") version "8.7.0" to a project
Run Gradle sync.
See an unhelpful error "> compileSdkVersion is not specified. Please add it to build.gradle"

Issues:

The error doesn't say where it's coming from. It doesn't mention 'Android' at all. How would a completely new developer realise that this problem is related to AGP, and not Gradle? Suggestion: Prefix the message with 'Problem configuring Android Gradle Plugin'.
The error doesn't say which Gradle subproject has the error. Suggestion: Add the project name in the error, e.g. "Please add it to the build.gradle in : (root project)"
How do I configure this property? Just adding it into my build.gradle.kts results in an error: Unresolved reference: compileSdkVersion. Suggestion: add a small code snippet in the error to demonstrate.
When I google 'compileSdkVersion' I don't see any useful results. Even is the property is deprecated, then I would like to see an official explanation on the Android docs, not some random StackOverflow answer.

Comments

jo...@google.com <jo...@google.com> Oct 15, 2024 02:07PM

Assigned to an...@google.com.

je...@google.com <je...@google.com> Oct 16, 2024 07:15PM

Reassigned to cm...@google.com.

cm...@google.com <cm...@google.com> Oct 17, 2024 04:09PM

Reassigned to wf...@google.com.

wf...@google.com <wf...@google.com> Nov 13, 2024 06:22PM

Accepted by wf...@google.com.

wf...@google.com <wf...@google.com> Nov 15, 2024 01:18PM

Marked as fixed.

an...@google.com <an...@google.com> #2Nov 22, 2024 12:04AM

DESCRIBE THE ISSUE IN DETAIL:
The issue 'AppLinkSplitToWebAndCustom' is taken as UnknownIssueId with AGP 8.7.3.
However, it is still listed under:

https://googlesamples.github.io/android-custom-lint-rules/checks/AppLinkSplitToWebAndCustom.md.html

STEPS TO REPRODUCE:
1. execute ./gradlew lint
2. lint reports the error "Unknown issue id AppLinkSplitToWebAndCustom"

ATTACH SCREENSHOTS/RECORDINGS OF THE ISSUE

ATTACH LOG FILES (Select Help > Show Log in Files, or Show Log in Finder on a Mac)

> Task :app:lintDebug FAILED
Lint found 6 errors, 15 warnings. First failure:
lint/lint.xml:52: Error: Unknown issue id "AppLinkSplitToWebAndCustom" [UnknownIssueId]
<issue id="AppLinkSplitToWebAndCustom" severity="error"/>
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IMPORTANT: Please read

https://developer.android.com/studio/report-bugs.html carefully and supply
all required information.

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Studio Build:
Version of Gradle Plugin: 8.7.3
Version of Gradle: 8.11
Version of Java: 17
OS: Mac

ty...@gmail.com <ty...@gmail.com> #3Nov 28, 2024 06:30PM

It seems this issue is introduced by lint 8.8.
However, the min lint version is not maintained in the

https://googlesamples.github.io/android-custom-lint-rules/checks/AppLinkSplitToWebAndCustom.md.html and also the file information in

https://googlesamples.github.io/android-custom-lint-rules/usage/changes.md.html is not consisted with

https://cs.android.com/android-studio/platform/tools/base/+/mirror-goog-studio-main:lint/docs/usage/changes.md.html.

Please kindly help to check with below approaches:
1. also maintain the min version in the individual issue md file
2. ensure the changes file on the

https://googlesamples.github.io/android-custom-lint-rules is up to date.

Regards,
Linda