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Currently in my production app I am noticing this error:

java.lang.RuntimeException: 

  at android.app.ActivityThread.handleReceiver (ActivityThread.java:2648)

  at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1700 (ActivityThread.java:166)

  at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage (ActivityThread.java:1359)

  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage (Handler.java:102)

  at android.os.Looper.loop (Looper.java:136)

  at android.app.ActivityThread.main (ActivityThread.java:5584)

  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative (Native Method)

  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke (Method.java:515)

  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run (ZygoteInit.java:1268)

  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main (ZygoteInit.java:1084)

  at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main (Native Method)

and found out it is because of conflicting libraries. I am using around 7 and they all are necessary for the app to function correctly. I did the ./gradlew app:dependencies and saw a bunch of conflicts (mainly the android.support and also google-services) and I have to resolve them now with the exclude tag.

My question is how do I properly set the correct versions? Do I force all libs to go to the smallest version of a certain lib or do I just force them all to the latest?

Sorry for the noob question I am fairly new to managin libs in android.

EDIT: more of the stacktrace

Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: 

  at dalvik.system.BaseDexClassLoader.findClass (BaseDexClassLoader.java:56)

  at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass (ClassLoader.java:497)

  at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass (ClassLoader.java:457)

  at android.app.ActivityThread.handleReceiver (ActivityThread.java:2643)

Also a similar error but with different stack trace.

app/build.gradle:

project.ext.react = [

    entryFile: "index.js"

]



apply from: "../../node_modules/react-native/react.gradle"



def enableSeparateBuildPerCPUArchitecture = false



def enableProguardInReleaseBuilds = false



android {

compileSdkVersion 28

buildToolsVersion "28.0.2"



    defaultConfig {

        applicationId "com.lisdoworker"

        minSdkVersion 18

        targetSdkVersion 28

        versionCode 15

        versionName "1.1"

        ndk {

            abiFilters "armeabi-v7a", "x86"

        }

        manifestPlaceholders = [

            tipsiStripeRedirectScheme: "example"

        ]

        multiDexEnabled true

    }

    signingConfigs {

        release {

            storeFile file(MYAPP_RELEASE_STORE_FILE)

            storePassword MYAPP_RELEASE_STORE_PASSWORD

            keyAlias MYAPP_RELEASE_KEY_ALIAS

            keyPassword MYAPP_RELEASE_KEY_PASSWORD

        }

    }

    splits {

        abi {

            reset()

            enable enableSeparateBuildPerCPUArchitecture

            universalApk false  // If true, also generate a universal APK

            include "armeabi-v7a", "x86"

        }

    }

    buildTypes {

        release {

            signingConfig signingConfigs.release

            minifyEnabled enableProguardInReleaseBuilds

            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile("proguard-android.txt"), "proguard-rules.pro"

        }

    }

    // applicationVariants are e.g. debug, release

    applicationVariants.all { variant ->

        variant.outputs.each { output ->

            // For each separate APK per architecture, set a unique version code as described here:

            // http://tools.android.com/tech-docs/new-build-system/user-guide/apk-splits

            def versionCodes = ["armeabi-v7a":1, "x86":2]

            def abi = output.getFilter(OutputFile.ABI)

            if (abi != null) {  // null for the universal-debug, universal-release variants

                output.versionCodeOverride =

                        versionCodes.get(abi) * 1048576 + defaultConfig.versionCode

            }

        }

    }

    dexOptions {

        jumboMode true

    }

}



dependencies {

    // react-native-firebase

    implementation project(':react-native-firebase')



    implementation "com.google.firebase:firebase-core:16.0.4"

    implementation "com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:17.3.4"

    implementation 'me.leolin:ShortcutBadger:1.1.21@aar'



    implementation(project(':react-native-google-places')){

        exclude group: 'com.google.android.gms', module: 'play-services-base'

        exclude group: 'com.google.android.gms', module: 'play-services-places'

        exclude group: 'com.google.android.gms', module: 'play-services-location'

    }



    implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:16.+'

    implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-places:16.+'

    implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:16.+'

    implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-wallet:16.+'

    implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-identity:16.+'



    implementation project(':tipsi-stripe')

    implementation project(':react-native-linear-gradient')

    implementation project(':react-native-fast-image')



    implementation project(':react-native-vector-icons')

    implementation project(':react-native-image-picker')

    implementation project(':react-native-fetch-blob')

    implementation project(':react-native-fbsdk')



    implementation fileTree(dir: "libs", include: ["*.jar"])

    implementation "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:27.1.0"



    implementation "com.facebook.react:react-native:+"  // From node_modules

}



// Run this once to be able to run the application with BUCK

// puts all compile dependencies into folder libs for BUCK to use

task copyDownloadableDepsToLibs(type: Copy) {

    from configurations.compile

    into 'libs'

}



apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'

com.google.gms.googleservices.GoogleServicesPlugin.config.disableVersionCheck = true

due to minSdkVersion 18 you have to add a dependency to com.android.support:multidex:1.0.3 for proper Dalvik VM support.

the Manifest.xml needs to have the Application class referenced, too.

and to answer the actual question; first of all remove this one line:

com.google.gms.googleservices.GoogleServicesPlugin.config.disableVersionCheck = true

then update buildToolsVersionto 28.0.3 and get rid of these 16.+ version numbers.

static version numbers lead to rather reproducible results, compared to the + notation. alike this one has to manually update these version numbers - but at least one knows which version number was updated and to which version number one has to to revert, in case of issues (it's worth the effort).

com.android.support:appcompat-v7:27.1.0 could also updated to 28.0.0.

after that Android Studio should underline some dependencies in red - providing a clue which com.google.android.gms and com.android.support may need to be excluded - or added. eg. support-v4 is a common candidate for exclusion - but it has to be added at a matching version.