AndroidX libraries update

[patryk84a]

I encountered an error of missing methods in classes of this package:

versionedparcelable-1.0.0.jar

The current version of this package is 1.2.0.

Is it possible to update all AndroidX libraries to the latest ones? If these libraries are loaded during application compilation, it would be good if they were up-to-date and did not cause problems in extensions that often use these libraries. Packing the same libraries into an extension a second time is not a good idea, but only a poor workaround.

[ewpatton]

Someday maybe, but many of the newer libraries fix the min SDK to 21 and we are not comfortable bumping it up at this time.

[patryk84a]

Oh yeah, I forgot about the minimum API

[patryk84a]

I noticed that there are newer libraries that do not increase the minimum API level. For example versionedparcelable-1.1.1 still has a minimum API of 14 and already has new methods. Can I search androidx libraries for newer ones that do not increase the minimum API and list them here? What is the minimum API for AppInventor now? 14?

[YashSachdeva]

MIT App Inventor has a minimum API level of 14 (Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich). This aligns with many older AndroidX libraries, including theversionedparcelable library you mentioned, which supports API 14 in versions up to 1.1.1 and even beyond.

[ewpatton]

MIT App Inventor has a minimum API level of 14 (Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich).

This is incorrect. We support all the way back to SDK 7 where possible.