App gets rejected by Google Play because onyxsdk_pen depends on org.lsposed.hiddenapibypass:hiddenapibypass:4.3

[sarbogast]

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Describe the bug

In the google play store, when I try to send my app for review, I get the following error on automatic checks:

We found some common issues that are preventing your app from being sent for review. You must address these issues before you can send your changes for review. Your app uses one or more unsupported APIs Your app uses API bypass SDKs that are affected by the latest updates to Android Runtime (ART). Your app may crash for users on the new Android Runtime, which is the default on Android 16 devices. Devices running Android 12 and higher (over 80% of devices) can also update to the new runtime.

Remove the following API bypass SDKs from your app:

org.lsposed.hiddenapibypass:hiddenapibypass

And when I searched for this hiddenapibypass dependency, I came about this line in onyxsdk_pen's build.gradle:

implementation("org.lsposed.hiddenapibypass:hiddenapibypass:4.3")

What is the workaround? Can the library work without it?

To reproduce

1. Try to send an app with onyxsdk_pen as a dependency to Google Play store review
2. See the error above

Expected behavior

For the app to pass automatic checks

Saber version

N/A

Device

• Device:
• OS:

Anything else?

No response

[adil192]

The bypass API seems to be required for Android 11+ support (https://github.com/saber-notes/saber/pull/1378). It's in Onyx's reference implementation here: DemoApplication.java.

I have no control over the SDK, so you should file an issue at https://github.com/onyx-intl/OnyxAndroidDemo. They should take it seriously if apps are getting rejected, but they don't seem particularly active unfortunately.

For now, I think the solution is:

• Try onyxsdk_pen: ^1.2.5 which updates to org.lsposed.hiddenapibypass:hiddenapibypass:6.1
• If that doesn't work, add this stuff to your build.gradle: https://github.com/LSPosed/AndroidHiddenApiBypass#integration

Let me know if that fixes it!