Reputation: 1500

flutter build apk --release - throwing "Your project requires a higher compileSdkVersion" error

I am trying to build a release APK and I get these errors:

Warning: The plugin firebase_core requires Android SDK version 31.
For more information about build configuration, see https://docs.flutter.dev/deployment/android#reviewing-the-build-configuration.
Warning: The plugin firebase_crashlytics requires Android SDK version 31.
For more information about build configuration, see https://docs.flutter.dev/deployment/android#reviewing-the-build-configuration.
Warning: The plugin flutter_email_sender requires Android SDK version 31.
For more information about build configuration, see https://docs.flutter.dev/deployment/android#reviewing-the-build-configuration.
Warning: The plugin flutter_plugin_android_lifecycle requires Android SDK version 31.
For more information about build configuration, see https://docs.flutter.dev/deployment/android#reviewing-the-build-configuration.
Warning: The plugin image_picker_android requires Android SDK version 31.
For more information about build configuration, see https://docs.flutter.dev/deployment/android#reviewing-the-build-configuration.
Warning: The plugin local_auth requires Android SDK version 31.
For more information about build configuration, see https://docs.flutter.dev/deployment/android#reviewing-the-build-configuration.
Warning: The plugin path_provider_android requires Android SDK version 31.
For more information about build configuration, see https://docs.flutter.dev/deployment/android#reviewing-the-build-configuration.
Warning: The plugin shared_preferences_android requires Android SDK version 31.
For more information about build configuration, see https://docs.flutter.dev/deployment/android#reviewing-the-build-configuration.
Warning: The plugin sqflite requires Android SDK version 31.
For more information about build configuration, see https://docs.flutter.dev/deployment/android#reviewing-the-build-configuration.
One or more plugins require a higher Android SDK version.
Fix this issue by adding the following to E:\Work\projects/mobileapp\android\app\build.gradle:
android {
  compileSdkVersion 31
  ...
}



FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':app:checkReleaseAarMetadata'.
> Multiple task action failures occurred:
   > A failure occurred while executing com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.CheckAarMetadataWorkAction
      > The minCompileSdk (31) specified in a
        dependency's AAR metadata (META-INF/com/android/build/gradle/aar-metadata.properties)
        is greater than this module's compileSdkVersion (android-30).
        Dependency: androidx.window:window-java:1.0.0-beta04.
        AAR metadata file: D:\Users\caches\transforms-2\files-2.1\2c5bbadbc54ffe3d592218b7d11658e5\jetified-window-java-1.0.0-beta04\META-INF\com\android\build\gradle\aar-metadata.properties.
   > A failure occurred while executing com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.CheckAarMetadataWorkAction
      > The minCompileSdk (31) specified in a
        dependency's AAR metadata (META-INF/com/android/build/gradle/aar-metadata.properties)
        is greater than this module's compileSdkVersion (android-30).
        Dependency: androidx.window:window:1.0.0-beta04.
        AAR metadata file: D:\Users\caches\transforms-2\files-2.1\1cb17a1ca0633fa43b0d1d11a0d2f3f7\jetified-window-1.0.0-beta04\META-INF\com\android\build\gradle\aar-metadata.properties.
   > A failure occurred while executing com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.CheckAarMetadataWorkAction
      > The minCompileSdk (31) specified in a
        dependency's AAR metadata (META-INF/com/android/build/gradle/aar-metadata.properties)
        is greater than this module's compileSdkVersion (android-30).
        Dependency: androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.4.1.
        AAR metadata file: D:\Users\caches\transforms-2\files-2.1\ecc0883e5e412cbeee4817b0064467cb\appcompat-1.4.1\META-INF\com\android\build\gradle\aar-metadata.properties.
   > A failure occurred while executing com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.CheckAarMetadataWorkAction
      > The minCompileSdk (31) specified in a
        dependency's AAR metadata (META-INF/com/android/build/gradle/aar-metadata.properties)
        is greater than this module's compileSdkVersion (android-30).
        Dependency: androidx.appcompat:appcompat-resources:1.4.1.
        AAR metadata file: D:\Users\caches\transforms-2\files-2.1\b159961f157d61d438c03cde4259be22\jetified-appcompat-resources-1.4.1\META-INF\com\android\build\gradle\aar-metadata.properties.
   > A failure occurred while executing com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.CheckAarMetadataWorkAction
      > The minCompileSdk (31) specified in a
        dependency's AAR metadata (META-INF/com/android/build/gradle/aar-metadata.properties)
        is greater than this module's compileSdkVersion (android-30).
        Dependency: androidx.emoji2:emoji2-views-helper:1.0.0.
        AAR metadata file: D:\Users\caches\transforms-2\files-2.1\bd75d8ee46f4b15348d2c4f1e0f934aa\jetified-emoji2-views-helper-1.0.0\META-INF\com\android\build\gradle\aar-metadata.properties.
   > A failure occurred while executing com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.CheckAarMetadataWorkAction
      > The minCompileSdk (31) specified in a
        dependency's AAR metadata (META-INF/com/android/build/gradle/aar-metadata.properties)
        is greater than this module's compileSdkVersion (android-30).
        Dependency: androidx.emoji2:emoji2:1.0.0.
        AAR metadata file: D:\Users\caches\transforms-2\files-2.1\d7d9e2aa3a4919a6b018407f5a53fc08\jetified-emoji2-1.0.0\META-INF\com\android\build\gradle\aar-metadata.properties.
   > A failure occurred while executing com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.CheckAarMetadataWorkAction
      > The minCompileSdk (31) specified in a
        dependency's AAR metadata (META-INF/com/android/build/gradle/aar-metadata.properties)
        is greater than this module's compileSdkVersion (android-30).
        Dependency: androidx.core:core:1.8.0.
        AAR metadata file: D:\Users\caches\transforms-2\files-2.1\cef2c25e040dac8d9865e80f67f4812f\core-1.8.0\META-INF\com\android\build\gradle\aar-metadata.properties.
   > A failure occurred while executing com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.CheckAarMetadataWorkAction
      > The minCompileSdk (31) specified in a
        dependency's AAR metadata (META-INF/com/android/build/gradle/aar-metadata.properties)
        is greater than this module's compileSdkVersion (android-30).
        Dependency: androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-process:2.4.0.
        AAR metadata file: D:\Users\caches\transforms-2\files-2.1\fce3906ee80d310aa4d4587e6e9833a2\jetified-lifecycle-process-2.4.0\META-INF\com\android\build\gradle\aar-metadata.properties.
   > A failure occurred while executing com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.CheckAarMetadataWorkAction
      > The minCompileSdk (31) specified in a
        dependency's AAR metadata (META-INF/com/android/build/gradle/aar-metadata.properties)
        is greater than this module's compileSdkVersion (android-30).
        Dependency: androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-runtime:2.4.0.
        AAR metadata file: D:\Users\caches\transforms-2\files-2.1\3ca1e4c4b4500ce99856badada74ac1e\lifecycle-runtime-2.4.0\META-INF\com\android\build\gradle\aar-metadata.properties.

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BUILD FAILED in 14s
Running Gradle task 'assembleRelease'...                           15,9s

┌─ Flutter Fix ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ [!] Your project requires a higher compileSdkVersion.                                                             │
│ Fix this issue by bumping the compileSdkVersion in E:\projects\mobileapp\android\app\build.gradle: │
│ android {                                                                                                         │
│   compileSdkVersion 31                                                                                            │
│ }                                                                                                                 │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Gradle task assembleRelease failed with exit code 1

Thing is I set the compileSdkVersion even higher, to 33:

android {
    compileSdkVersion 33

    sourceSets {
        main.java.srcDirs += 'src/main/kotlin'
    }

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "..."
        minSdkVersion 21
        targetSdkVersion 33
        versionCode flutterVersionCode.toInteger()
        versionName flutterVersionName
    }
...
}

I did invalidate & cache Android Studio.

What to do to fix it?

(I did try to set back to 31 still the same error thrown)

So yeah... Sdk version 31 or 33, it is not working. I also downloaded in SDK manager the SDKs from 31 to 33. In SDK tools the Android SDK Build-Tools 33...

Upvotes: 1