okay so when I "see" library classes in my code, i...
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ursus
07/02/2018, 1:26 AMokay so when I "see" library classes in my code, its IDE illusion?
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gildor
07/02/2018, 1:26 AMWhy?
gildor
07/02/2018, 1:27 AMIt’s real class of some particular version of a library
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karelpeeters
07/02/2018, 1:29 AMWhen you add libraries to the compile-time classpath you're basically promising that binary-compatible versions of those libraries will be present at runtime as well.
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gildor
07/02/2018, 1:30 AMSure
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ursus
07/02/2018, 1:31 AMoh i see, its slim / fat jar thing right
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gildor
07/02/2018, 1:32 AMIt’s actually apk + dex thing, but somehow similar to fat jar. Biggest difference there is no class files anymore, only one or multiple dex files
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ursus
07/02/2018, 1:33 AMyea I know how it works on android, I sort of forgot that fat jar issue, since apks contain everything physically
ursus
07/02/2018, 1:33 AMbut now that I think about it, its same thing if I were to develop a library, I also compile against dependencies but dont include them physically
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gildor
07/02/2018, 1:35 AMexactly, and it’s responsibility of user of your library and user’s build system to provide compatible version, but not necessary exactly same version of your library dependencies
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ursus
07/02/2018, 1:37 AMyes, thats why facebook dependencies burn me everytime I update appcompat 😄