Gradle minSdkVersion conflict with Google Play Services 4.2.42 about android-maps-utils HOT 16 CLOSED

Worth noting there's an Android Developer Tools bug open for this on their end. It's likely that you won't have to fix anything on your end.
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=66109

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thanks for sharing it, hope it will be fixed in 0.4....

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Have you found a workaround for this?

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@dbachelder I added a little hack to my build script. Hope this helps
https://gist.github.com/goldierox/9533466

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Pay attention, in Android Studio 0.5.1, with Gradle 0.9 I have different exploded build dir
That's my working build.gradle

apply plugin: 'android'

final BASE_PACKAGE_NAME = 'com.mycompany.appname.android'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 19
    buildToolsVersion "19.0.2"
    final DEBUG_PROVIDER = "${BASE_PACKAGE_NAME}.provider.debug";

    defaultConfig {
        minSdkVersion 15
        targetSdkVersion 19
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
    }
    buildTypes {
        debug {
            buildConfigField "String", "AUTHORITY", "\"${DEBUG_PROVIDER}\""
        }
        release {
        }
    }

    applicationVariants.all{ variant ->
        // This is an annoying hack to get around the fact that the Gradle plugin does not support
        // having libraries with different minSdkVersions. Play Services has a min version of 9 (Gingerbread)
        // but Android Maps Utils supports 8 (Froyo) still
        variant.processManifest.doFirst {
            File manifestFile = file("${buildDir}/exploded-aar/com.google.maps.android/android-maps-utils/0.3/AndroidManifest.xml")
            if (manifestFile.exists()) {
                println("Replacing minSdkVersion in Android Maps Utils")
                String content = manifestFile.getText('UTF-8')
                content = content.replaceAll(/minSdkVersion="8"/, 'minSdkVersion=\"9\"')
                manifestFile.write(content, 'UTF-8')
                println(content)
            }
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:4.2.42'
    compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:19.0.1'
    compile 'com.google.maps.android:android-maps-utils:0.3+'
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
}

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Thanks guys, it worked!

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@broady Just notice #75 then found this. do you have a snapshot build of the lib pushed somewhere so that we can remove our manifest munging hack? Thanks!

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Any idea how one might use this workaround for a library project with such a dependency?

I've got a CastCompanionLibrary (for Chromecast) which depends on Google's Play-Services, which are also minSdk 9.

It looks like android-library modules don't support applicationVariants..

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How come you still need the workaround? Use v0.3.1

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Sorry, gradle noob here.

I don't understand what you mean by "Exclude the older transitive dependency", and I'm not exactly sure why I still need this workaround. Do you mean Gradle v0.3.1? I'll check what I'm using.

Edit: Clearly you don't mean Gradle v0.3.1, given I'm using v0.9.+. As for Play Services, I'm using v4.3.+

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@timusus broady meaned to use android-maps-utils v0.3.1. It has the minSdkVersion conflict bug fixed.

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Oh, my issue isn't with maps, but with Play Services.

Sorry, I should have guessed Broady was talking about maps.

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I don't really understand, @timusus. What's your issue with Play Services?

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@broady the exact same issue as with maps.

com.google.android.gms:play-services:4.3.+ uses minSdk 9, whereas I'm trying to support minSdk 8.

The app won't compile, for the same reason you struggled with maps 0.3.0. The thing is, I'm using a library project which depends on play-services, and I'm struggling to apply your workaround to that library.

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Sorry, this library only supports minSdk 9.

You could try changing the dependency on play-services to 4.1.32, which was the last version that supported minSdk=8.

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No, 4.3+ is required for other reasons.

It's OK, currently I'm just setting mindSdk = 9 and forgetting about older API's. I would've thought the same workaround you used with maps would work here - but because it's a library project, it doesn't.

I tried using libraryVariants and replacing the manifest's minSdk, but I can't seem to get it working.

Anyway, thanks for your help. I hit you up in hangouts if you had any other suggestions.

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