Implementing AndroidX

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Last updated: Mar 07, 2022 by Olivia Kim

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This guide provides information required to implement AndroidX necessary for using BuzzScreen 3 and BuzzAd Benefit 2.

Requirements

AndroidX

Migrate the existing project to AndroiX with Google’s Migration Guide.
Requires Gradle 3.2.1 or higher (wrapper 4.6+)
Add the below code in AndroidManifest.xml if minSdkVersion is 15 or lower.

<uses-sdk tools:overrideLibrary="com.google.android.exoplayer2.core,
    com.google.android.exoplayer2.ext.ima,
    com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.hls,
    com.google.android.exoplayer2.ui" />

<application>
   ...
</application>

Set compileOptions of build.gradle as below.

android {
  ...
  compileOptions {
    sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
  }
}

The following resource is applied with a new package in Android X.
- In addition to the items below, there may be more resources with package change. In such case, an error may occurs during build, additional treatment is necessary.

androidx.appcompat.appcompat.R → androidx.appcompat.R
android.support.design.R → com.google.android.material.R

Troubleshooting

WorkManager

In above case, set resolutionStrategy of bulid.gradle as below.