How to increase Android project’s minSdk version in EXPO project?

Question

There is a way of increasing the minSdk version of an Android build in an EXPO managed project?

I am using a custom-dev-client with native code. When I run the command for creating a build in Android I got next error: Manifest merger failed : uses-sdk:minSdkVersion 21 cannot be smaller than version 24 declared in library [com.squareup.sdk.in-app-payments:buyer-verification:1.5.4]

Any help will be appreciated a lot.

Thanks

Answer 1

In the root android/build.gradle there should be a setting:

buildscript {
    ext {
        buildToolsVersion = "30.0.2"
        minSdkVersion = 24
        compileSdkVersion = 30
        targetSdkVersion = 30
        ndkVersion = "21.4.7075529"
    }
    repositories {
        google()
        mavenCentral()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.2.2")
        // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
        // in the individual module build.gradle files
    }
}

You should be able to increase/decrease the version there. When you build it'll take this and update the minSdkVersion for the whole application, including your manifest so no need to change anywhere else explicitly.