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Dependency audit & update — fix Play Core crash + general housekeeping #162

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A crash was reported in Crashlytics (issue 5a34e9320c9c52a9d8dc5d1e21b24d49, v2.0 build 56) where PlayCoreDialogWrapperActivity from play-core-common:2.0.2 crashes with a NullPointerException on Bundle.get() in onCreate. This is a known bug fixed in 2.0.3+. The library is a transitive dependency not currently declared in app/build.gradle.

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implementation 'com.google.android.play:core-common:2.0.3'

Recommended cleanup

Two dependencies are deprecated and should be removed:

androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-extensions:2.2.0 — deprecated since 2020; already covered by lifecycle-livedata-ktx and lifecycle-viewmodel-ktx
com.google.firebase:firebase-core:21.1.1 — superseded by firebase-analytics which is already a direct dependency

General dependency audit

All dependencies should be reviewed against their latest stable releases. Notable ones to check:

  • firebase-crashlytics:20.0.4
  • firebase-database-ktx:21.0.0
  • firebase-dynamic-links-ktx:22.1.0
  • firebase-storage:22.0.1
  • firebase-config:23.0.1
  • generativeai:0.9.0
  • glide:5.0.5
  • hilt-android:2.57.2
  • pendoIO:3.11.3.8950

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