Android SDK BuildToolsVersion and compileSdkVersion update implication

I’ve noticed that 2 months ago the version of the buildToolsVersion has been bumped from 23.0.1 (required version from react-native docs) to 25.0.1, as well as the compileSdkVersion from 23 to 25

The React Native docs specifically says:

Look for and expand the “Android SDK Build Tools” entry, then make sure that Android SDK Build-Tools 23.0.1 is selected.

Someone also tries to submit a PR to react-native project that got rejected with the following comment:

You do indeed need version 23 - the docs are correct…

I’m not sure what is the implication of this and just want to raise it here. Here is my original comment on the commit:

https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-svg/commit/47a79d392a23c608a16ad51235a7af3826f65922#commitcomment-22096489

[msand]

@hrm123 @nol13 @Maxwell2022 I’ve released a new version, which aligns with react-native init, to make it as easy as possible for newcomers. Anyone with needs to upgrade any versions to anything different from that, will hopefully learn how to change them in their dependencies in the process as well. Lets see if they upgrade any versions, now that a PR exists. Can release a new version to align with that when they do.

[msand]

I’ve made a PR to react-native and the docs. So now you have a source telling you to upgrade, to address a Path Traversal Vulnerability. https://deploy-preview-156--react-native.netlify.com/docs/next/getting-started.html#android-development-environment

https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-svg/issues/581#issuecomment-360675798

lepouya commented 8 hours ago @msand It’s the same versions as why facebook-android-sdk uses

https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/17752

https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/17747

https://github.com/facebook/react-native-website/pull/156