error: cannot find symbol import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;

[zedtux]

After having removed the android:allowBackup="false" line from my AndroidManifest.xml file, which prevented me to compile this project, I'm now facing the following compilation issue :

> Task :react-native-android-scanner:compileDebugJavaWithJavac FAILED
/Users/zedtux/Developments/companion/node_modules/react-native-android-scanner/android/src/main/java/com/reactlibrary/RNReactNativeAndroidScannerModule.java:11: error: cannot find symbol
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
                             ^
  symbol:   class ActionBarActivity
  location: package android.support.v7.app
1 error

[aseemnishad]

@zedtux please have look https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30803405/cannot-resolve-symbol-appcompatactivity-support-v7-libraries-arent-recognizeded. If didn't work, can you share the code? Let me try!

[SwagatRanjit84]

@aseemnishad Didn;t work for me either.
Task :react-native-android-scanner:compileDebugJavaWithJavac FAILED
/home/swagat/reactnativeapp/androidscannerlatest/node_modules/react-native-android-scanner/android/src/main/java/com/reactlibrary/RNReactNativeAndroidScannerModule.java:11: error: cannot find symbol
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
^
symbol: class ActionBarActivity
location: package android.support.v7.app
1 error

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

• What went wrong:
  Execution failed for task ':react-native-android-scanner:compileDebugJavaWithJavac'.

Compilation failed; see the compiler error output for details.

Can you share your code?

[alexruskovski]

Usually, I am getting
Execution failed for task ':react-native-android-scanner:compileDebugJavaWithJavac
when there is not enough free RAM memory. Try rebuilding with closing most of your browser's tabs or even the browser.

[zahidahmed024]

it worked for me ...

[SamiChab]

Switching to AndroidX helped me:
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;

[ZoHayk]

SamiChab
Switching to AndroidX helped me:
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;

Thank you very much SamiChab . I searched for an answer to this error for 3 hours. Your option helped me

[hamed8434]

Switching to AndroidX helped me:
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;

Thanks a lot. that works for me too.