NativeScript android build fail with api 28 AndroidX

[NickIliev]

@tvannguyen commented on Wed Nov 14 2018

When I build natviscript project with "implementation("androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.2")", The project build fail with error below. Please help me, thanks...

/media/DATA/nativescript/test/TestBiometricLib/platforms/android/app/src/main/java/com/tns/FragmentClass.java:9: error: cannot find symbol
public class FragmentClass extends android.support.v4.app.Fragment implements com.tns.NativeScriptHashCodeProvider {
                                         ^
/media/DATA/nativescript/test/TestBiometricLib/platforms/android/app/src/debug/java/com/tns/ErrorReport.java:318: error: cannot find symbol
    private class Pager extends FragmentStatePagerAdapter {
                                ^
symbol:   class AppCompatActivity
  location: class ErrorReportActivity
/media/DATA/nativescript/test/TestBiometricLib/platforms/android/app/src/debug/java/com/tns/ErrorReportActivity.java:45: error: no suitable method found for makeText(ErrorReportActivity,String,int)
            Toast.makeText(this, "Couldn't resolve permissions", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                 ^
    method Toast.makeText(Context,CharSequence,int) is not applicable
      (argument mismatch; ErrorReportActivity cannot be converted to Context)
    method Toast.makeText(Context,int,int) is not applicable
      (argument mismatch; ErrorReportActivity cannot be converted to Context)

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[vtrifonov]

Hi @tvannguyen, you cannot use both android support library and android X in one project, you can try this new functionality using out tns-anroid@next version.