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Android build fails for libs with minSdkVersion 17 with react-native 0.64

See original GitHub issue

Environment

react-native-pager-view: 5.1.2
React Native: 0.64.0
Node: v14.8.0

Description

The following command fails after upgrading to RN 0.64

./gradlew assembleDebug assembleAndroidTest -DtestBuildType=debug

With the following message:

> Task :react-native-pager-view:processDebugAndroidTestManifest FAILED
[androidx.vectordrawable:vectordrawable-animated:1.0.0] /.gradle/caches/transforms-2/files-2.1/3050775700026023c1db3db79ab19a97/vectordrawable-animated-1.0.0/AndroidManifest.xml Warning:
        Package name 'androidx.vectordrawable' used in: androidx.vectordrawable:vectordrawable-animated:1.0.0, androidx.vectordrawable:vectordrawable:1.0.1.
/node_modules/react-native-pager-view/android/build/intermediates/tmp/manifest/androidTest/debug/manifestMerger2807704319365703146.xml:5:5-74 Error:
        uses-sdk:minSdkVersion 17 cannot be smaller than version 21 declared in library [com.facebook.react:react-native:0.64.0] /.gradle/caches/transforms-2/files-2.1/4e32a44ca1590525038237dd6b47cd32/jetified-react-native-0.64.0/AndroidManifest.xml as the library might be using APIs not available in 17
        Suggestion: use a compatible library with a minSdk of at most 17,
                or increase this project's minSdk version to at least 21,
                or use tools:overrideLibrary="com.facebook.react" to force usage (may lead to runtime failures)

See http://g.co/androidstudio/manifest-merger for more information about the manifest merger.