Getting NoSuchMethodError with TextView Methods

Question

I am getting an NoSuchMethodError with a class that I made that extends the TextView. The only thing I did was adding it some variables and adding onLongClickListener. No more modifications.

Everything is working fine when I use my application in my android phone 4.1.2 But in my friend's phone which is 4.0.3, it throws this NoSuchMethodError.

Here is the code when i create the Class that extends the Textview:

descrip=new TextViewList(context, admin, this);
descrip.setPadding(0, 15, 0, 15);
descrip.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER);
descrip.setTextAlignment(Gravity.CENTER);                   
descrip.setText(c.getString(c.getColumnIndex("Descripcion")));
descrip.setTag(c.getString(c.getColumnIndex("ID")));
descrip.setWidth(LinearLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT);
descrip.setHeight(LinearLayout.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT);
descrip.setBackground(img);
layDescripcion.addView(descrip);

First it threw the exception with setTextAlignment, then I removed it and threw it again with the setBackground method.

What is causing this error? Does that mean that my app isn't compatible with Android versions below 4.1.2? I set the minimun to be 2.2 when I created the project. And I am using android.support.v4 libraries where they are requested.

Here is the LogCat:

07-09 21:45:26.715: E/AndroidRuntime(13481): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
07-09 21:45:26.715: E/AndroidRuntime(13481): java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: modelo.TextViewList.setBackground
07-09 21:45:26.715: E/AndroidRuntime(13481):    at modelo.ListaTextViewList.mostrarGastos(ListaTextViewList.java:92)
07-09 21:45:26.715: E/AndroidRuntime(13481):    at controlador.AdminUI.establecerListaGastoVar(AdminUI.java:138)
07-09 21:45:26.715: E/AndroidRuntime(13481):    at com.ConApps.walletsaver.GastosVariables.onCreate(GastosVariables.java:23)
07-09 21:45:26.715: E/AndroidRuntime(13481):    at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:4465)
07-09 21:45:26.715: E/AndroidRuntime(13481):    at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1052)
07-09 21:45:26.715: E/AndroidRuntime(13481):    at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1932)
07-09 21:45:26.715: E/AndroidRuntime(13481):    at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1993)
07-09 21:45:26.715: E/AndroidRuntime(13481):    at android.app.ActivityThread.access$600(ActivityThread.java:127)
07-09 21:45:26.715: E/AndroidRuntime(13481):    at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1159)
07-09 21:45:26.715: E/AndroidRuntime(13481):    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
07-09 21:45:26.715: E/AndroidRuntime(13481):    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
07-09 21:45:26.715: E/AndroidRuntime(13481):    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4507)
07-09 21:45:26.715: E/AndroidRuntime(13481):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
07-09 21:45:26.715: E/AndroidRuntime(13481):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
07-09 21:45:26.715: E/AndroidRuntime(13481):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:790)
07-09 21:45:26.715: E/AndroidRuntime(13481):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:557)
07-09 21:45:26.715: E/AndroidRuntime(13481):    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

Answer 1

setBackground() introduced only in 16 api. Use setBackgroundDrawable() instead.

what all phone which has less than 16 api ,they will support setBackgroundDrawable()

Answer 2

This is a workaround for this problem:

Drawable d = this.res.getDrawable(R.drawable.metro_circle);
if ( Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN ) {
    metroIconTextView.setBackground(d);
}
else {
    metroIconTextView.setBackgroundDrawable(d);
}