Protobuf-java and Protobuf-javalite

[Matthew Perkins]

Hi guys,

We have an android app that we're attempting to use Firebase in, but a dependency we use is using protobuf-java causing conflicts with Firebase and it's inclusion of protobuf-javalite.

We've found some suggestions but nothing really consistent.

We can get the application to build and run using this block in the android block of the apps build.gradle file:

configurations {
     implementation.exclude module:'proto-google-common-protos'
     implementation.exclude module:'protolite-well-known-types'
     implementation.exclude module:'protobuf-lite'
     implementation.exclude module:'protobuf-javalite'
}

Is there a better way (short of eliminating the dependency that uses protobuf-java) to ensure compatibility?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

[Derek Perez]

Can you tell what version of protobuf firebase is pulling in? I wonder if we can get one or the other updated?

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[Matthew Perkins]

Firebase is using: protobuf-javalite:3.14.0

[Matthew Perkins]

Attached is the build error I'm encountering

[Derek Perez]

Have you tried reaching out to firebase to see if they can release a version w/ updated deps? They are pretty far behind.

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[Matthew Perkins]

I did.  But it's not a version number issue, its a lite vs full issue.

[Derek Perez]

Ah right, I see.

OK, yeah your best option is to get the other dependency to move to lite or drop it. If this is a mobile project you'll definitely wanna stay with lite for performance reasons.

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[Matthew Perkins]

Makes sense.  Thanks for the assistance.