Android test build - minSdkVersion 21 cannot be smaller than version 23 declared in library react

[nbennink]

Describe the bug

When assembling an Android test build using React Native 0.75.5, I ran into the following error:

/node_modules/@datadog/mobile-react-native/android/build/intermediates/tmp/manifest/androidTest/debug/xxx.xml:5:5-74 Error:
        uses-sdk:minSdkVersion 21 cannot be smaller than version 23 declared in library [com.facebook.react:react-android:0.75.5] .gradle/caches/8.8/transforms/xxx/transformed/react-android-0.75.5-debug/AndroidManifest.xml as the library might be using APIs not available in 21
        Suggestion: use a compatible library with a minSdk of at most 21,
                or increase this project's minSdk version to at least 23,
                or use tools:overrideLibrary="com.facebook.react" to force usage (may lead to runtime failures)

Reproduce command:
./gradlew assembleDebug assembleAndroidTest

Bumping the minSdkVersion to 23, in line with the React Native version, solved the issue for me.

I made a commit for the Datadog packages to use the same minSdkVersion as the root project. This solved the issue locally for me. Alternatively I can add some additional validation to make sure we still enforce a minimum of SDK 21. This should allow the Datadog team to enforce a minimum version, even when the root project doesn't suffice. Happy to make a Pull Request if that works.
nbennink@d4021d6

Reproduction steps

• Added Detox to my React Native 0.75.5 application and followed the setup guide.
• Created an Android build with test instruments using: ./gradlew assembleDebug assembleAndroidTest
• Observe error

assembleDebug (without test tools) still seem to build correctly as before.

SDK logs

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Expected behavior

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Affected SDK versions

2.7.0

Latest working SDK version

N/A

Did you confirm if the latest SDK version fixes the bug?

Yes

Integration Methods

Yarn

React Native Version

0.75.5

Package.json Contents

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iOS Setup

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Android Setup

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Device Information

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Other relevant information

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[sbarrio]

Hi @nbennink. Thanks for raising this problem and also proposing a solution.

We have decided to implement this on the sdk. You can see its related PR here.

This will be released with the next version of the SDK.

Thanks again for contributing! 🙇

[sbarrio]

This was included as part of v2.7.1, which was just released. I'll be closing this issue now, but please don't hesitate to open a new one if the need arises.

Thanks again!