androidx lifecycle observer incompability

Hey, after plenty of unsuccessful attempts on using the official youtube api together with androidx, I was recommended to use this library- which seems a whole lot more comprehensive and supported. Unfortunately, I’m still stuck with the detail that lifecycle requires observer to be of androidx type.

build.gradle:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
apply plugin: 'com.google.android.gms.oss-licenses-plugin'

android {
     compileSdkVersion 28
     defaultConfig {
              applicationId "com.moomoo.testapp"
              minSdkVersion 21
              targetSdkVersion 28
              versionCode 1
              versionName "1.0"
     }

     buildTypes {
              release {
                  minifyEnabled false
                  proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
              }
      }
 }
 
dependencies {
     def lifecycle_version = "1.1.1"
     implementation fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
     implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.0.0'                  // Material design
     implementation 'com.github.PhilJay:MPAndroidChart:v3.0.3'                    // Graphs
     implementation 'com.pierfrancescosoffritti.androidyoutubeplayer:core:8.0.1'  // Youtube
     implementation "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel:$lifecycle_version"
}

public class SingleTestFragment extends Fragment  {

    @Override
    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
                             Bundle savedInstanceState) {

        View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_single_test, container, false);

        YouTubePlayerView youtubePlayerView = rootView.findViewById(R.id.youtube_player_view);
        getLifecycle().addObserver(youtubePlayerView);  <---- issue with androidx and library
        youtubePlayerView.initialize(new YouTubePlayerInitListener() {
            @Override
            public void onInitSuccess(@NonNull final YouTubePlayer initializedYouTubePlayer) {
                initializedYouTubePlayer.addListener(new AbstractYouTubePlayerListener() {
                    @Override
                    public void onReady() {
                        String videoId = "6JYIGclVQdw";
                        initializedYouTubePlayer.loadVideo(videoId, 0);
                    }
                });
            }
        }, true);

        return rootView;
    }
}

I wouldnt mind doing the mentioned workaround, of manually releasing the player, if necessary - but I was also unable to figure that one out. Any suggestions?

[setzner]

While searching for solution to a different problem, I got this one working 👍 So now I’m using it (and you got a star, and soon license mention of course).

The solution was to add the two below attributes to my gradle.properties file

android.useAndroidX=true
android.enableJetifier=true

[PierfrancescoSoffritti]

I’ve just updated the library to depend on androidx, new updated coming soon.