Gradle error when adding the support library

Question

I'm trying to make my app use PreferenceFragmentCompat

My dependencies:

dependencies {
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
androidTestCompile('com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:2.2.2', {
    exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-annotations'
})
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.3.1'
compile 'com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:1.0.2'
compile 'com.android.support:design:25.3.1'
compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:25.3.1'
compile 'com.android.support:preference-v7:25.4.0'
compile 'com.android.support:preference-v14:25.4.0'
compile 'com.android.volley:volley:1.0.0'
compile 'com.android.support:cardview-v7:25.3.1'
compile 'com.android.support:support-vector-drawable:25.3.1'
compile 'com.squareup.picasso:picasso:2.5.2'
compile 'com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:3.9.1'
compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-ads:11.8.0'
compile 'io.github.kobakei:ratethisapp:1.2.0'
compile 'com.timehop.stickyheadersrecyclerview:library:0.4.3'
compile 'com.github.chrisbanes:PhotoView:2.1.3'
testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'

}

What I newly added in:

compile 'com.android.support:preference-v7:25.4.0'
compile 'com.android.support:preference-v14:25.4.0'

The error is about the first dependency:

compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.3.1'

It says:

All com.android.support libraries must use the exact same version specification (mixing versions can lead to runtime crashes). Found versions 25.4.0, 25.3.1. Examples include com.android.support:animated-vector-drawable:25.4.0 and com.android.support:cardview-v7:25.3.1 less... (Ctrl+F1) There are some combinations of libraries, or tools and libraries, that are incompatible, or can lead to bugs. One such incompatibility is compiling with a version of the Android support libraries that is not the latest version (or in particular, a version lower than your targetSdkVersion.)

You could try listing your dependencies to figure out where the different support library versions are referenced from, which could help you figure out how to fix your configuration. — Michael
the latest is 27.1.0. Also you can check which dependency lib uses a different version with gradlew.bat app:dependencies or ./gradlew app:dependencies depending on OS — Raghunandan

Yuxal Yuxal · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-12T18:27:46

It's telling you exactly, all

com.android.support:**

Should use the same version

Change it to:

compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:25.4.0'
compile 'com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:1.0.2'
compile 'com.android.support:design:25.4.0'
compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:25.4.0'
compile 'com.android.support:preference-v7:25.4.0'
compile 'com.android.support:preference-v14:25.4.0'
compile 'com.android.volley:volley:1.0.0'
compile 'com.android.support:cardview-v7:25.4.0'
compile 'com.android.support:support-vector-drawable:25.4.0'
compile 'com.squareup.picasso:picasso:2.5.2'
compile 'com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:3.9.1'
compile 'com.google.firebase:firebase-ads:11.8.0'
compile 'io.github.kobakei:ratethisapp:1.2.0'
compile 'com.timehop.stickyheadersrecyclerview:library:0.4.3'
compile 'com.github.chrisbanes:PhotoView:2.1.3'

Gradle error when adding the support library

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