So my arduino software is not recognizing the SoftwareSerial library. When I type #include <SoftwareSerial.h>, the SoftwareSerial does not turn yellow. Is there anyway to fix this?
It is probably recognized and should work. The reason "SoftwareSerial" isn't changing color is because the keywords.txt file (in "..\libraries\SoftwareSerial") still refers to NewSoftSerial. You can edit the keywords.txt file to fix this.