[Question] XF4.5-pre2, move to androidX and android.support.*.dll.so files still showing in package lib folder about androidx HOT 6 CLOSED

@mattleibow @Redth ?

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This might be a question for the Android team. The assemblies are still used, but the linker should remove them as there are no references between the app and the support assembly.

I believe in Debug mode, they would still be there, but the fact that they are there in Release might mean that either there IS still a reference and that is a migration issue, or the linker is removing things, but keeping the assembly for some reason.

We will have a look.

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ok, small update on this after getting forms 4.5.0 and essentials 1.5.0

I've replaced all the specific android support references I could find in the code and rebuilt.
The lib folder now has a lot less android support files, but the ones it does have are much larger than before. example sizes for arm 32 bit build:

• Xamarin.Android.Support.Annotations.dll.so - 7KB > 69KB
• Xamarin.Android.Support.Compat.dll.so - 8KB > 637KB
• Xamarin.Android.Support.Core.Utils.dll.so - 7KB > 50KB

Maybe we're still missing some specific references to androidx packages that replace these?

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Those remaining support references might be dependencies from James Montemagno's Media Plugin.

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Those remaining support references might be dependencies from James Montemagno's Media Plugin.

Most likely.

Xamarin.Android.Support.Core.Utils depends on:

• Xamarin.Android.Support.Annotations (= 28.0.0.3)
• Xamarin.Android.Support.Compat (= 28.0.0.3)

so this must be it.

Try removing Media plugin and see. And please provide feedback.

Ask lib developer to upgrade his plugin to AndroidX after that.

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I've not tried removing the plugins but have updated them to their latest version (there's been some androidx updates), and the resulting build has not included android.support files. I think this issue can be closed.

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