[Bug] SR4 conflicts with most of the latest nugets like Xamarin.Firebase.Ads

[AndreasReitberger]

Description

I just upgraded to SR4, however most upgrades leads to conflicts with the Android dependencies.

Just an example:

Version conflict detected for Xamarin.AndroidX.Lifecycle.LiveData. Install/reference Xamarin.AndroidX.Lifecycle.LiveData 2.3.0.1 directly to project RemoteControlRepetierServer.Android to resolve this issue. 
 RemoteControlRepetierServer.Android -> Plugin.LocalNotification 6.1.0 -> Xamarin.AndroidX.Work.Runtime 2.5.0.1 -> Xamarin.AndroidX.Lifecycle.LiveData (>= 2.3.0.1) 
 RemoteControlRepetierServer.Android -> Xamarin.Forms 5.0.0.2083 -> Xamarin.AndroidX.Lifecycle.LiveData (>= 2.2.0.4 && < 2.3.0).

Version conflict detected for Xamarin.AndroidX.Lifecycle.LiveData. Install/reference Xamarin.AndroidX.Lifecycle.LiveData 2.3.0.1 directly to project RemoteControlRepetierServer.Android to resolve this issue. 
 RemoteControlRepetierServer.Android -> Xamarin.Firebase.Ads 120.2.0 -> Xamarin.GooglePlayServices.Ads 120.2.0 -> Xamarin.GooglePlayServices.Ads.Lite 120.2.0 -> Xamarin.AndroidX.Work.Runtime 2.5.0.1 -> Xamarin.AndroidX.Lifecycle.LiveData (>= 2.3.0.1) 
 RemoteControlRepetierServer.Android -> Xamarin.Forms 5.0.0.2083 -> Xamarin.AndroidX.Lifecycle.LiveData (>= 2.2.0.4 && < 2.3.0).

@PureWeen
Could this be caused by this PR?
#14101

Some plugins needed amarin.AndroidX.Lifecycle.LiveData > 2.3.0 which I've tried so far.

• Plugin.LocalNotifications
• Xamarin.Firebase.Ads

Workarround

See this comment: #14417 (comment)

[developer9969]

Yeah something is not right or intended not sure
Basically this latest version is not compatible with the latest version of some android components.
Liveddata
Recicleview
Android.core
We had to downgrade those

[MagicAndre1981]

I also see this when following the advice to add AndroidX nugets directly

Warning	NU1608	Detected package version outside of dependency constraint: Xamarin.Forms 5.0.0.2083 requires Xamarin.AndroidX.RecyclerView (>= 1.1.0.8 && < 1.2.0) but version Xamarin.AndroidX.RecyclerView 1.2.1 was resolved.	
Warning	NU1608	Detected package version outside of dependency constraint: Xamarin.Forms 5.0.0.2083 requires Xamarin.Google.Android.Material (>= 1.2.1.1 && < 1.3.0) but version Xamarin.Google.Android.Material 1.4.0 was resolved.
Warning	NU1608	Detected package version outside of dependency constraint: Xamarin.Forms 5.0.0.2083 requires Xamarin.AndroidX.Lifecycle.LiveData (>= 2.2.0.4 && < 2.3.0) but version Xamarin.AndroidX.Lifecycle.LiveData 2.3.1 was resolved.		
Warning	NU1608	Detected package version outside of dependency constraint: Xamarin.Forms 5.0.0.2083 requires Xamarin.AndroidX.Core (>= 1.3.2.3 && < 1.4.0) but version Xamarin.AndroidX.Core 1.6.0 was resolved.

[aritchie]

You can manually force the libraries by editing your head android project. Edit in the following:

<PackageReference Include="Xamarin.Forms" Version="5.0.0.2083" />
<PackageReference Include="Xamarin.AndroidX.Core" Version="1.6.0" />
<PackageReference Include="Xamarin.AndroidX.Lifecycle.LiveData" Version="2.3.1" />

This allows you to break the upper bound version enforcement (add any other libs that may have been missed). I've been doing this for months to keep pushing forward with other AndroidX libraries and XF hasn't had an issue that I can see from the updates.

[AndreasReitberger]

You can manually force the libraries by editing your head android project. Edit in the following:

<PackageReference Include="Xamarin.Forms" Version="5.0.0.2083" />

<PackageReference Include="Xamarin.AndroidX.Core" Version="1.6.0" />

<PackageReference Include="Xamarin.AndroidX.Lifecycle.LiveData" Version="2.3.1" />

This allows you to break the upper bound version enforcement (add any other libs that may have been missed). I've been doing this for months to keep pushing forward with other AndroidX libraries and XF hasn't had an issue that I can see from the updates.

Thank you @aritchie
I'll try it :)

[ianthetechie]

Any movement? It's beyond annoying to not be able to update Xamarin.Forms. It was always a fools hope, but every once in a while I dream of doing package updates and getting fixes to long-standing bugs.

[MagicAndre1981]

Simply add packages this way:

<PackageReference Include="Xamarin.AndroidX.Lifecycle.LiveData" Version="2.3.1.1" NoWarn="NU1608" />

to skip the NU1608 warning.

The only package you need to limit to 1.3 is the Google Material, 1.4 has breaking changes

[bddckr]

It looks like some/most/all of these issues are getting resolved thanks to #14506.

It's listed to be in the latest service release, but I cannot find it on nuget.org yet.

@jsuarezruiz Hey sorry to ping you, but is 5.0.0-sr5 still coming to nuget.org? I checked for whether there might just be some CD automation still running, but I haven't been able to find any.

[TomBruyneel]

Same question, sr5 is not on nuget but listed on the releases here, is there a reason for it?

[bddckr]

5.0.0.2125 is available on NuGet now and fixes this issue for me.