Fatal Exception: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError about dateparser HOT 6 CLOSED

Actually, the joda-time GH page says Joda-time is no longer in active development except to keep timezone data up to date. [...] Projects needing to support lower API levels can use the ThreeTenABP library. and the ThreeTenABP GH page says Development on this library is winding down. Please consider switching to Android Gradle plugin 4.0, java.time.*, and its core library desugaring feature in the coming months. I was using the Android Gradle plugin 3.6.2 so should try it with the pre-release 4.0 plugin. When I look at https://developer.android.com/studio/preview/features#j8-desugar, I can see only A subset of java.time is supported so let's see if that is enough.

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for future reference, java8 desugaring link:
https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/gradle-plugin#j8-library-desugaring

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Yes, it uses lots of java.time.*, so it only works in JDK 1.8+, don't support old versions.

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Java 8 is not a problem, but yes the java.time.* APIs are not available, see https://jakewharton.com/androids-java-8-support/

I guess you could have a ThreeTenBP version as a fallback for Android 6 and 7. Or if not, just warn SDK consumers of limitations.

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I'm considering use joda-time to replace java.time, joda is more compatible with older versions.

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That worked, closing it.

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