bug: values.xml produces a Android resource linking failed

Bug Report

Capacitor Version

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Latest Dependencies:

@capacitor/cli: 3.2.4

@capacitor/core: 3.2.4

@capacitor/android: 3.2.4

@capacitor/electron: 3.2.4

@capacitor/ios: 3.2.4

Installed Dependencies:

@capacitor/cli 2.0.1

@capacitor/android 2.4.0

@capacitor/ios 2.4.0

@capacitor/core 2.4.0

@capacitor/electron 2.4.0

Platform(s)

Android

Current Behavior

When I build the app in Android studio I get the following error:

This is only happening when I have plugins in the project, if I remove all the plugins the app builds correctly.

To set up the project I’ve followed the documentation: Updating Capacitor to 2.0 in your app ( https://capacitorjs.com/docs/updating/2-0 )

This is my variables.gradle:

ext {
  minSdkVersion = 28
  compileSdkVersion = 30
  targetSdkVersion = 30
  androidxAppCompatVersion = '1.1.0'
  androidxCoreVersion =  '1.2.0'
  androidxMaterialVersion =  '1.1.0-rc02'
  androidxBrowserVersion =  '1.2.0'
  androidxLocalbroadcastmanagerVersion =  '1.0.0'
  firebaseMessagingVersion =  '20.1.2'
  playServicesLocationVersion =  '17.0.0'
  junitVersion =  '4.12'
  androidxJunitVersion =  '1.1.1'
  androidxEspressoCoreVersion =  '3.2.0'
  cordovaAndroidVersion =  '7.0.0'
}

I’m using the following version of Gradle and the Gradle plugin:

Other Technical Details

npm --version output: 7.21.1 node --version output: v14.17.5

Thanks

[jcesarmobile]

yeah, looks like some plugin is pinning “latest” androidx.core library, which is picking 1.7.0-alpha02 and that causes the issue. or if using jetifier it’s also assigning that as latest

More info: https://www.reddit.com/r/Unity3D/comments/ph2596/android_builds_fail_due_to_core170alpha02_release/

A possible solution is to add this the the build.gradle:

configurations.all {
  resolutionStrategy {
    force 'androidx.core:core:1.6.0'
    force 'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.6.0'
  }
}

using compileSdkVersion/targetSdkVersion 31 is not a good solution as Capacitor doesn’t support it yet and it’s not even official

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