Is android:drawableStart in androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatButton supported by android 4.4?

Question

<androidx.appcompat.widget.LinearLayoutCompat
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:background="@color/Black"
    android:orientation="horizontal">

    <androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatButton
        android:id="@+id/buttonFoo"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="center"
        android:drawableStart="@drawable/ic_foo_icon"
        android:drawablePadding="8dp"
        android:text="@string/foo" />
/androidx.appcompat.widget.LinearLayoutCompat>

The above activity layout would cause the following exception on Android 4.4 when the activity starts:

android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #123: Error inflating class <unknown>

It happens only on Android 4.4. All other devices are fine.
Everything will be fine if the following is removed:

android:drawableStart="@drawable/ic_foo_icon"

Is android:drawableStart in androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatButton supported by android 4.4?

Answer 1

Why don't you use drawableLeft / drawableRight instead?