I need to be able to use the latest version of the Android Gradle plugin to build my app. Is there a way to change this? I tried with a classpath dependency but the issue there is that the adle file that gets generated for platforms/android has methods in it that are no longer available in Gradle 3. I would not have this issue if I could use a newer version of gradle to build the Nativescript app. But due to the use of the Jack compiler option, it won't allow me to use anything before 24. I have a requirement to be able to support this app on sdk 21+. TargetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8 SourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8 This error is remedied by using the Jack compiler option in my app.gradle and the source and target compatibility set to Java 1.8:ĪdditionalParameters '-no-version-vectors'

If you are using the 'java' gradle plugin in a library submodule add This is caused by library dependencies that have been compiled using Java 8 or above. The issue though is that when I build the app I get this error:Ĭause: Dex cannot parse version 52 byte code. In my nativescript app, I can get those library dependencies brought into the apk by putting them in my plugin's adle. Those libraries were compiled with Java 8, Android Gradle Plugin 3.0.1, and Gradle 4.4. I have an application that uses a plugin that depends on a few Android libraries from an external source. I searched for Gradle issues and read a lot of them.

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