App Compat Version For Min Sdk 9

I have Android Studio version 2.3.3 and sdk tools version 25.2.5. When I build a new project with min sdk 9 it makes a mistakes and i have to use min sdk 14 for my project. it has

Solution 1:

Starting with version 26.0.0 of the Support Libraries the minSdk has been bumped to 14 (Android 4.0, see this link). If you have to support platforms down to API-Level 9 you have to use version 25.4.0 which is last one that supported every api level from 7 onwards.

Note: There's really no reason to support such old devices, according to the latest numbers they only account for roughly 0.7% of all devices. (link)

Solution 2:

have to check the AppcombatActivity availabilty in Api. See this link https://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/v7/app/AppCompatActivity.html