Google Auth migrating to androidx: SignInHubActivity does not implement Lifecycle

Question

After the migration to AndroidX i'am facing this the following issue with the Google Auth lib:

On Android 9 API 28:

java.lang.IncompatibleClassChangeError: Class 'com.google.android.gms.auth.api.signin.internal.SignInHubActivity' does not implement interface 'androidx.lifecycle.LifecycleOwner' in call to 'androidx.lifecycle.Lifecycle androidx.lifecycle.LifecycleOwner.getLifecycle()' (declaration of 'androidx.lifecycle.LiveData' appears in /data/app/fourbottles.bsg.workinghours4b-G1onPKgFFE-l3aqjx0qDJw==/split_lib_dependencies_apk.apk)
    at androidx.lifecycle.LiveData.observe(LiveData.java:172)
    at androidx.loader.app.LoaderManagerImpl$LoaderInfo.setCallback(LoaderManagerImpl.java:100)
    at androidx.loader.app.LoaderManagerImpl.createAndInstallLoader(LoaderManagerImpl.java:400)
    at androidx.loader.app.LoaderManagerImpl.initLoader(LoaderManagerImpl.java:421)
    at com.google.android.gms.auth.api.signin.internal.SignInHubActivity.zzn(Unknown Source:80)
    at com.google.android.gms.auth.api.signin.internal.SignInHubActivity.onActivityResult(Unknown Source:68)
    at android.app.Activity.dispatchActivityResult(Activity.java:7454)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.deliverResults(ActivityThread.java:4353)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.handleSendResult(ActivityThread.java:4402)
    at android.app.servertransaction.ActivityResultItem.execute(ActivityResultItem.java:49)
    at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeCallbacks(TransactionExecutor.java:108)
    at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:68)
    at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1808)
    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:193)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6669)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
    at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:493)
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:858)

On Android 5.0.2 API 22

Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'androidx.lifecycle.Lifecycle$State androidx.lifecycle.Lifecycle.getCurrentState()' on a null object reference
    at androidx.lifecycle.LiveData.observe(LiveData.java:172)
    at androidx.loader.app.LoaderManagerImpl$LoaderInfo.setCallback(LoaderManagerImpl.java:100)
    at androidx.loader.app.LoaderManagerImpl.createAndInstallLoader(LoaderManagerImpl.java:400)
    at androidx.loader.app.LoaderManagerImpl.initLoader(LoaderManagerImpl.java:421)
    at com.google.android.gms.auth.api.signin.internal.SignInHubActivity.zzn(Unknown Source)
    at com.google.android.gms.auth.api.signin.internal.SignInHubActivity.onActivityResult(Unknown Source)
    at android.app.Activity.dispatchActivityResult(Activity.java:6139)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.deliverResults(ActivityThread.java:3535)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.handleSendResult(ActivityThread.java:3582) 
    at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1300(ActivityThread.java:144) 
    at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1327) 
    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102) 
    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135) 
    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5221) 
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) 
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372) 
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:899) 
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:694)

I'am using the following lib versions:

implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-gcm:16.0.0'
implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-auth:16.0.1'
implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.2'
implementation 'androidx.multidex:multidex:2.0.1'

The code is crashing as soon as i start an activity with the intent:

val signInIntent = Auth.GoogleSignInApi.getSignInIntent(googleApiClient)
startActivityForResult(signInIntent, LOGIN_WITH_GOOGLE_CODE)

I have the following properties into the settings.gradle file:

android.useAndroidX=true
android.enableJetifier=true

The Google Auth lib doesn't support authentication with AndroidX libs?

Is there a way to start an intent from an androidX lib with the supported lib behaviour?  

I accept answers in both java and kotlin languages.

Update 1: 27.12.2017

Google api client creation:

 GoogleSignInOptions googleSignInOptions = new GoogleSignInOptions.Builder(GoogleSignInOptions.DEFAULT_SIGN_IN)
                .requestIdToken(getString(R.string.default_web_client_id))
                .requestEmail()
                .build();

 googleApiClient = new GoogleApiClient.Builder(this)
                .enableAutoManage(this, this)
                .addApi(Auth.GOOGLE_SIGN_IN_API, googleSignInOptions)
                .build();

It may be beacuse of enableAutoManage ?

Update 2: 28.12.2018

I managed to login with the following piece of code:

Task<GoogleSignInAccount> sign = googleSignInClient.silentSignIn();
GoogleSignInAccount result = sign.getResult();

So i think there is no problem with the credentials or the other configuration files. In this way the user won't be able to choose an account.

I think that Jetifier is failing in same way.

With API 27 i'am getting the same error.

Answer 1

I fixed this issue by using the latest version of the appcompat library:

implementation "androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0-rc01"

In previous versions the class AppCompatActivity did not implement the LifecycleOwner interface thus leading to the errors you observed.

Answer 2

the same issue! I've just added the "core" dependency and bumped "appcompat" to the latest alpha version and it helped.

dependencies {

implementation "androidx.core:core:1.1.0-alpha03"
implementation "androidx.legacy:legacy-support-v4:1.0.0"
implementation "androidx.annotation:annotation:1.0.1"
implementation "androidx.recyclerview:recyclerview:1.1.0-alpha01"
implementation "androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0-alpha01"
implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:1.1.3'
implementation "androidx.cardview:cardview:1.0.0"
implementation "com.google.android.material:material:1.1.0-alpha02"

implementation "com.google.firebase:firebase-core:16.0.6"
implementation "com.google.firebase:firebase-auth:16.1.0"
implementation "com.google.firebase:firebase-storage:16.0.5"
implementation "com.google.firebase:firebase-perf:16.2.3"
implementation 'com.firebaseui:firebase-ui-database:4.3.0'

implementation "com.google.android.gms:play-services-auth:16.0.1"
implementation "com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:16.0.0"
implementation "com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:16.0.0"
...
}

I use:

compileSdkVersion 28
buildToolsVersion "28.0.3"

Top gradle.build:

dependencies {
    classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.3.0'
    classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.2.0'
    ...
}

gradle.properties:

android.debug.obsoleteApi=true
android.enableR8 = true
android.useAndroidX=true
android.enableJetifier=true

gradle wrapper's gradle version is set to gradle-4.10.1-all.zip. Also I tried to Invalidate/restart my AS 3.3. Hope it will help somebody.