Microsoft-authentication-library-for-dotnet: Please update Xamarin.Android.Support.* dependencies to 28.0.0.3 on MSAL and sample

[tranb3r]

Which Version of MSAL are you using ?

Microsoft.Identity.Client 4.8.1-preview1

Platform

Xamarin.Forms (android app)

Repro

Build for android a xamarin.forms app that uses both xamarin.essentials and microsoft.identity.client (most recent versions).
This results in a nuget version conflict caused by obsolete versions in microsoft.identity.client dependencies:

NU1107: Version conflict detected for Xamarin.Android.Support.Collections. Install/reference Xamarin.Android.Support.Collections 28.0.0.3 directly to project MyApp.Android to resolve this issue. 
 MyApp.Android -> MyApp.Core -> Xamarin.Essentials 1.4.0-pre2 -> Xamarin.Android.Support.CustomTabs 28.0.0.3 -> Xamarin.Android.Support.Collections (= 28.0.0.3) 
 MyApp.Android -> MyApp.Core -> Microsoft.Identity.Client 4.8.1-preview1 -> Xamarin.Android.Support.v7.AppCompat 28.0.0.1 -> Xamarin.Android.Support.Collections (= 28.0.0.1).

Possible Solution

Update xamarin.android.support.* dependencies to 28.0.0.3.

[bgavrilMS]

We will take a look, but NuGet suggests an easy solution for this - take a dependnecy on Xamarin.Android.Support.Collections 28.0.0.3 directly from your app and this will be used to resolve the conflict.

[tranb3r]

My app is using androidx, so it's kind of weird to add new dependencies to android support libs when I'm actually supposed to remove them.

[bgavrilMS]

@jmprieur @henrik-me - I propose to take this one in 4.9 to be in sync with Xamarin.Essentials. Accordding to the SemVer spec, this is (arguably) not a breaking change:

https://semver.org/#what-should-i-do-if-i-update-my-own-dependencies-without-changing-the-public-api

[jmprieur]

I'm not oppposed @bgavrilMS
can we update the Xamarin sample at the same time (if needed) to undersstand what the customer pain will be?

[bgavrilMS]

Tentatively assigned to 4.9 then, since we have a bunch of work on Android as well.

[tranb3r]

Now that androidx has been officially released, could you please skip this task and migrate directly to androidx ?
https://github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-library-for-dotnet/issues/1653

[tranb3r]

Any progress ?

[NunoBem]

Looking forward for the migration to AndroidX.

[jmprieur]

Closing as duplicate of https://github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-library-for-dotnet/issues/1841