[Dependency bug] Ads SDK 22.4.0 incompatible with CameraX

[Mikhail Gribanov]

In my project I use CameraX:

    def camerax_version = "1.3.0-rc02"// same with 1.4.0-alpha01
    implementation "androidx.camera:camera-core:${camerax_version}"
    implementation "androidx.camera:camera-camera2:${camerax_version}"
    implementation "androidx.camera:camera-lifecycle:${camerax_version}"
    implementation "androidx.camera:camera-video:${camerax_version}"
    implementation "androidx.camera:camera-view:${camerax_version}"
    implementation "androidx.camera:camera-extensions:${camerax_version}"

Everything works with Ads 22.4.0:

    implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:22.3.0'
    implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-ads:22.3.0'

But after updating Ads to 22.4.0 (play-services-ads or firebase-ads) I get an error when building the app:

"Cannot access class 'com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture'. Check your module classpath for missing or conflicting dependencies"

when I use basic CameraX functions (for example "camera.cameraControl.enableTorch(true)".

After a little googling it helped me to manually add the missing dependency:

    implementation "com.google.guava:guava:31.0.1-android"

It looks like the new version of the Ads SDK (22.4.0) has a dependency bug that makes it incompatible with CameraX out of the box.

Please pass this information to the developers.

[Mobile Ads SDK Forum Advisor]

Hi,

Thank you for contacting the Mobile Ads SDK Support team.

Upon reviewing your concern, I understand that you are facing an issue with cameraX while adding the Ads SDK and I see that you have resolved the issue.

Thank you for sharing the feedback with us.

Please reach out to us, if you need any further assistance.

This message is in relation to case "ref:_00D1U1174p._5004Q2p05rI:ref"

Thanks,
 

Mobile Ads SDK Team

[markus.w...@gmail.com]

Same issue here.

Starting with version 22.4.0 the AdMob SDK seems to depend on Guava. Guava adds a transient dependency on com.google.guava:listenablefuture version 9999.0-empty-to-avoid-conflict-with-guava.

These versions end up in the project's classpath, which breaks CameraX because it doesn't contain a definition for the ListenableFuture interface.

Manually adding a dependency on Guava indeed seems to solve the problem but that is a workaround, not a solution!

So please, as OP said, pass this information to the developers. The issue is not resolved!

[Mobile Ads SDK Forum Advisor]

Hi Markus,

Thank you for contacting the Mobile Ads SDK support team.

After reviewing your concern, I understand that you have an issue with ads sdk 22.4.0 is incompatible with Camerax

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