Android Question Error when Runing the android AppCompat Example

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Hello guys, when I tried to run this sample to test the AppCompat library, it gave me this error:

B4A Version: 13.10
Parsing code.    (0.00s)
    Java Version: 19
Building folders structure.    (0.04s)
Compiling code.    (0.00s)
Compiling layouts code.    (0.00s)
Organizing libraries.    (0.00s)
    (AndroidX SDK)
Compiling resources    (0.04s)
Linking resources    (1.18s)
    build tools: 34.0.0, android jar: android-34
Compiling generated Java code.    (0.13s)
Finding libraries that need to be dexed.    (0.01s)
Dex code    (1.25s)
Dex merge    Error
Error in e:\bsdkx\tools\..\extras\b4a_local\unpacked-appcompat.androidx-63701715022000\jars\classes.zip:classes.dex:
Type de.amberhome.objects.appcompat.ACActionBar is defined multiple times: e:\bsdkx\tools\..\extras\b4a_local\unpacked-appcompat.androidx-63701715022000\jars\classes.zip:classes.dex, E:\BSDKx\tools\..\extras\b4a_local\unpacked-appcompat.androidx-63852414249227\dex_v1\appcompat.zip:classes.dex
Compilation failed
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.RuntimeException: com.android.tools.r8.CompilationFailedException: Compilation failed to complete, origin: e:\bsdkx\tools\..\extras\b4a_local\unpacked-appcompat.androidx-63701715022000\jars\classes.zip:classes.dex
    at com.android.tools.r8.internal.po.a(R8_8.3.37_d0b8d9dfe8720e37c27d2233931d9d72dbd696ffd92111cc9b36e58b4baad1cc:1269)
    at com.android.tools.r8.D8.main(R8_8.3.37_d0b8d9dfe8720e37c27d2233931d9d72dbd696ffd92111cc9b36e58b4baad1cc:5)
Caused by: com.android.tools.r8.CompilationFailedException: Compilation failed to complete, origin: e:\bsdkx\tools\..\extras\b4a_local\unpacked-appcompat.androidx-63701715022000\jars\classes.zip:classes.dex
    at Version.fakeStackEntry(Version_8.3.37.java:0)
    at com.android.tools.r8.Q.a(R8_8.3.37_d0b8d9dfe8720e37c27d2233931d9d72dbd696ffd92111cc9b36e58b4baad1cc:5)
    at com.android.tools.r8.internal.po.a(R8_8.3.37_d0b8d9dfe8720e37c27d2233931d9d72dbd696ffd92111cc9b36e58b4baad1cc:244)
    at com.android.tools.r8.internal.po.a(R8_8.3.37_d0b8d9dfe8720e37c27d2233931d9d72dbd696ffd92111cc9b36e58b4baad1cc:90)
    at com.android.tools.r8.internal.po.a(R8_8.3.37_d0b8d9dfe8720e37c27d2233931d9d72dbd696ffd92111cc9b36e58b4baad1cc:909)
    at com.android.tools.r8.internal.po.b(R8_8.3.37_d0b8d9dfe8720e37c27d2233931d9d72dbd696ffd92111cc9b36e58b4baad1cc:99)
    at com.android.tools.r8.D8.a(R8_8.3.37_d0b8d9dfe8720e37c27d2233931d9d72dbd696ffd92111cc9b36e58b4baad1cc:1041)
    at com.android.tools.r8.D8.b(R8_8.3.37_d0b8d9dfe8720e37c27d2233931d9d72dbd696ffd92111cc9b36e58b4baad1cc:514)
    at com.android.tools.r8.D8.a(R8_8.3.37_d0b8d9dfe8720e37c27d2233931d9d72dbd696ffd92111cc9b36e58b4baad1cc:1076)
    at com.android.tools.r8.internal.po.a(R8_8.3.37_d0b8d9dfe8720e37c27d2233931d9d72dbd696ffd92111cc9b36e58b4baad1cc:1256)
    ... 1 more
Caused by: com.android.tools.r8.internal.h: Type de.amberhome.objects.appcompat.ACActionBar is defined multiple times: e:\bsdkx\tools\..\extras\b4a_local\unpacked-appcompat.androidx-63701715022000\jars\classes.zip:classes.dex, E:\BSDKx\tools\..\extras\b4a_local\unpacked-appcompat.androidx-63852414249227\dex_v1\appcompat.zip:classes.dex
    at com.android.tools.r8.internal.X30.a(R8_8.3.37_d0b8d9dfe8720e37c27d2233931d9d72dbd696ffd92111cc9b36e58b4baad1cc:346)
    at com.android.tools.r8.internal.pX.a(R8_8.3.37_d0b8d9dfe8720e37c27d2233931d9d72dbd696ffd92111cc9b36e58b4baad1cc:232)
    at com.android.tools.r8.internal.pX.a(R8_8.3.37_d0b8d9dfe8720e37c27d2233931d9d72dbd696ffd92111cc9b36e58b4baad1cc:91)
    at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap.merge(ConcurrentHashMap.java:2056)
    at com.android.tools.r8.internal.pX.a(R8_8.3.37_d0b8d9dfe8720e37c27d2233931d9d72dbd696ffd92111cc9b36e58b4baad1cc:32)
    at com.android.tools.r8.graph.q4$a.d(R8_8.3.37_d0b8d9dfe8720e37c27d2233931d9d72dbd696ffd92111cc9b36e58b4baad1cc:6)
    at com.android.tools.r8.dex.c.a(R8_8.3.37_d0b8d9dfe8720e37c27d2233931d9d72dbd696ffd92111cc9b36e58b4baad1cc:264)
    at com.android.tools.r8.dex.c.a(R8_8.3.37_d0b8d9dfe8720e37c27d2233931d9d72dbd696ffd92111cc9b36e58b4baad1cc:222)
    at com.android.tools.r8.dex.c.a(R8_8.3.37_d0b8d9dfe8720e37c27d2233931d9d72dbd696ffd92111cc9b36e58b4baad1cc:219)
    at com.android.tools.r8.D8.a(R8_8.3.37_d0b8d9dfe8720e37c27d2233931d9d72dbd696ffd92111cc9b36e58b4baad1cc:809)
    at com.android.tools.r8.D8.d(R8_8.3.37_d0b8d9dfe8720e37c27d2233931d9d72dbd696ffd92111cc9b36e58b4baad1cc:212)
    at com.android.tools.r8.D8.c(R8_8.3.37_d0b8d9dfe8720e37c27d2233931d9d72dbd696ffd92111cc9b36e58b4baad1cc:163)
    at com.android.tools.r8.internal.po.a(R8_8.3.37_d0b8d9dfe8720e37c27d2233931d9d72dbd696ffd92111cc9b36e58b4baad1cc:906)
    ... 6 more

 

[Erel]

I don't recommend using AppCompat however you should be able to get it working.

Make sure to use v4.00 of the library: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/t...compatible-with-older-android-versions.48423/