com.android.build.api.variant.GeneratesApk should expose minSdk [328495232]

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au...@google.com

created issue #1

Mar 6, 2024 10:23PM

https://cs.android.com/android-studio/platform/tools/base/+/mirror-goog-studio-main:build-system/gradle-api/src/main/java/com/android/build/api/variant/GeneratesApk.kt today only exposes targetSdk, in androidx we would find it helpful to also have minSdk as that would allow us to stop reading baseExtension.defaultConfig.minSdk

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ra...@google.com <ra...@google.com> Mar 7, 2024 05:25PM

Assigned to an...@google.com.

je...@google.com <je...@google.com> Mar 8, 2024 06:55PM

Reassigned to je...@google.com.

je...@google.com <je...@google.com> Aug 28, 2024 08:24PM

Accepted by je...@google.com.

je...@google.com <je...@google.com> #2Sep 4, 2024 10:14PM

Marked as fixed.

I don't think the average developer understands the distinction between method references and method definitions in this context (inside a DEX file). I know I don't.

@jvg, can you elaborate?

an...@google.com <an...@google.com> #3Sep 9, 2024 10:44PM

people who are looking at the bytecode in the dex to optimize their app through shrinking hopefully will learn the difference as string tables for method references between various dex files can account for quite a bit of disk space. but more importantly a definition is something you can analyze its code for where a reference you can't so the UI can be confusing without seeing the difference

Issue 328495232