AndroidX Support

[zek]

Goals

We need AndroidX support in order to use realm.js on RN 0.60+

[kneth]

@zek I don't know yet what it will require to support RN 0.60 and AndroidX - and can't give you an ETA for it. Said that, yes, it is definitely something we will look into.

[rickmanelius]

Hi @kneth! Thanks for the response. The biggest concern is not being able to deploy Android apps because of the new requirements (64-bit compatability and AndroidX) starting on August 1st. So for things like my team, it's less the desire to upgrade RN 0.60+ for new features and more to ensure we don't get blocked from being able to release new versions of our app.

Thank you for your time and consideration. We are happy to post feedback on alpha/beta builds if they are made available.

[lironsher]

Need to have it ASAP

[cmelchior]

There shouldn't be anything in Realm-JS that depends on the support library. This is the build.gradle file that ships for React Native: https://github.com/realm/realm-js/blob/master/react-native/android/publish_android_template#L92

@zek What are you seeing that makes you believe that Realm-JS doesn't work with AndroidX?

[zek]

I tried it rn 0.60 while Hermes was activated. I got building error.

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[m-ochyra]

I tried it rn 0.60 while Hermes was activated. I got building error.

Disable Hermes.

[cmelchior]

Yes, Realm currently doesn't work with Hermes. See #2455

[zek]

Therefore we should close this issue and continue on #2455