What are the drawbacks if a dependency uses an old...
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hfhbd
04/21/2022, 2:09 PMWhat are the drawbacks if a dependency uses an older AGP version, eg 4.1, but I use 7.x?
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ephemient
04/21/2022, 2:25 PMnormal dependency: none, as long as it behaves properly on your target API (not related to AGP, but if it hasn't been updated then it hasn't kept up with platform behavior changes such as sensor rate-limiting or explicit
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ephemient
04/21/2022, 2:26 PMplugins: none yet, but if it's using any now-deprecated APIs it'll break in the near future https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/gradle-plugin-api-updates
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hfhbd
04/21/2022, 3:08 PMThanks, I mean normal dependencies. I thought, R8 or similar optimizations would have some effects.
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ephemient
04/21/2022, 8:07 PMlibraries can contain consumer ProGuard rules but those are stable. in general R8 is not applied to libraries but even if they are, the public API must be unobfuscated so that you can use it
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hfhbd
04/22/2022, 12:01 AMThanks