March 11, 2020: All my BuildBox v 2.3.8 B#2520 games are getting these two issues when creating a build using the latest update to Android Studio v 3.6.1 _______________ ERROR: This project uses AndroidX dependencies, but the 'android.useAndroidX' property is not enabled. Set this property to true in the gradle.properties file and retry. I added this into gradle.properties to get past this warning: android.useAndroidX=true and it works! (or so I thought - but this could be the cause of the next problem?) _______________ Then when I attempt to build an AAB, I get another warning: More than one file was found with OS independent path 'androidsupportmultidexversion.txt' I found the problem, but can't fix it. I can see two of the same files by using Packages View in Android Studio. It looks like this: androidsupportmultidexversion.txt androidsupportmultidexversion.txt I've tried many things, could not figure out a work around. I cannot safe delete one so I tried variations of: packagingOptions { exclude '...???' } and then my brain melted. My melted brain could barely put all this together to share this issue with you all. You see, I could successfully build AAB files before I updated Android Studio without having to do any coding. Anyone else having these issues or am I a doufus? Maybe both? Thanks in advance just for being you. Stay warm and be cool. ~Jay.
Hi Jay, One of our engineers looked into this. He says: - To try and reproduce the issue I upgraded my older Android Studio to 3.6.1. It had a minor issues with the NDK not updating correctly so I manually installed the latest from Google. - I used Buildbox 2.3.8 B#2520 to build an AAB out of the sample game. Android Studio gave me another NDK error about needing NDK 20.0.5594570. I installed that, did a "Sync project with Gradle Files", and after that the AAB built with no problems. I didn't need to mess with any AndroidX settings. - Are you using any additional ad libraries or plugins? - If you want to you can email a Dropbox or Google Drive link to a ZIP of your Android Studio project to support@buildbox.com, mention it's "for Abe", and I'll try compiling it on my Android Studio install.
Sooooo... if I do NOT upgrade the Gradle inside Android Studio it works! Usually when ever I open my buildbox file in Android Studio there is a pop up so I can upgrade Gradle, so I upgrade to the latest Gradle. However the last couple days I get several warnings and cannot complete the build. Through trial and error I have discovered that if I do not upgrade the Gradle, I can complete the build for publishing onto Google Play. (woo-hoo!) I do have reward video custom code for AdMob that I put in my games, but I tried this process with and without that code and it was the update to Gradle within Android Studio that is causing this issue for me: More than one file was found with OS independent path 'androidsupportmultidexversion.txt' I guess Gradle is the "elephant in the room". Not sure why the update is not compatible with any of my games I have already published successfully. I swear the entire process changes each time I publish or update a game, lol. I was blown away by your fast response. Thanks.
Hello, I have the same problem and i think its affecting the admob ads cause is not showing event with the Sample ad units? Any idea about this!
