Do you need to use Appcompat and Support Design libraries when the minimum API is 21?

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I recently updated an application I am developing to use minimum API 21 (Lollipop), before it was on 19 (Kitkat).

In the case of Kitkat I needed to use Appcompat and Support Design to take advantage of Drawerlayout, Coordinatorlayout, Floatingactionbutton, etc, only in Lollipop some of these controls are natively supported.

The question is: do I need to keep referencing Appcompat and Support Design? And if so, what parts of libs?

I believe I will probably have to adapt the code for these changes.

java c# android xamarin.android

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If your API minimum now is 21, you will no longer need to use these support libraries. Even.

They serve to offer device compatibility pré-loolipop (API 21), that is, for devices with an API between 21 and 9, as this is the least the library can support.

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Not, if using only existing features in (up) Loolipop.

Yes, if you want to use new features and methods available in versions after Loolipop.

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