How To Enable Lint Error In Android Studio For Message "Call Requires API Level 21 (current Min Is 16)"?

I have a method called setImageTintList() that requires min API to be 21. But, if I set my min API to 16 in gradle, the app still builds without any warning. Although there is a re

Solution 1:

It appears the Android's gradle plugin lint is not able to report invalid Android API calls as errors.

But you can use the gradle-animalsniffer-plugin to achieve the same.