Indeed, we could have a mechanism to tell the build that you know what you are doing and will only use the library on devices running 11+.
We'll have to see what the DSL looks like. On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 10:23 AM, Jake Wharton <[email protected]>wrote: > I'd say that the build should fail unless you explicitly acknowledge and > opt-out of the sanity check on a per-library basis in your build file. > > There's no reason you can't use a library with a minSdkVersion higher than > yours so long as you do it carefully. It's the same with using platform > APIs that are newer than your minimum. > > > --- > Jake Wharton > http://about.me/jakewharton > > > On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 10:18 AM, Malachi de AElfweald < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> So if I declare minSdk as 10 in my application; but depend on a 3rd party >> library that says minSdk is 11... What is the recommended solution? >> It seems that the best option would be to force the build to be minSdk 11 >> and explain why in the logs -- rather than preventing the use of the 3rd >> party library? >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 10:05 AM, Xavier Ducrohet <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> The minSdkVersion should always be the one declared in the app, and all >>> libraries should be equals or lesser then the app one. >>> >>> Formatting/Order, yes we should fix it to make it work better. >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 10:01 AM, Malachi de AElfweald < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Another area to address with the manifest merging might be max(minSdk) >>>> of all the libraries? >>>> >>>> Or making sure that things are grouped (permissions at the top, for >>>> example) rather than intermixed when there are multiple libraries...? >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 9:54 AM, Xavier Ducrohet <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Not at the moment, but this is something we want to do. I'm currently >>>>> writing a spec for it actually. Work on it should start in a few weeks I >>>>> think, as we realize that the current merger shows some big limitations. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 3:56 AM, Roman Mazur <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Does Android Gradle plugin provide any instruments for controlling >>>>>> how manifest is merged? >>>>>> Particularly I'm interested whether there is a way to exclude some >>>>>> components declared in libraries from the final manifest. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "adt-dev" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>> send an email to [email protected]. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Xavier Ducrohet >>>>> Android SDK Tech Lead >>>>> Google Inc. >>>>> http://developer.android.com | http://tools.android.com >>>>> >>>>> Please do not send me questions directly. 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