[tor-bugs] #33558 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Update TOPL To Use Updated Android Toolchain

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#33558: Update TOPL To Use Updated Android Toolchain
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 Reporter:  sisbell                              |          Owner:  gk
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:
                                                 |  needs_review
 Priority:  High                                 |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser             |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tbb-mobile, tbb-rbm,                 |  Actual Points:  .5
  GeorgKoppen202005, TorBrowserTeam202005R       |
Parent ID:  #33184                               |         Points:
 Reviewer:  sysrqb, ahf                          |        Sponsor:
                                                 |  Sponsor58-must
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Comment (by gk):

 Replying to [comment:12 gk]:
 > One thing I still need to think about is:
 > {{{
 > There are some combinations of libraries, or tools and libraries, that
 are incompatible, or can lead to bugs. One such incompatibility is
 compiling with a version of the Android support libraries that is not the
 latest version (or in particular, a version lower than your
 targetSdkVersion).
 > }}}
 > (found at: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53094716/implementation-
 com-android-supportappcompat-v728-0-0)
 >
 > We do set the `targetSdkVersion` to `29` while we have
 > {{{
 > dependencies {
 >     implementation project(':universal')
 >     implementation 'net.freehaven.tor.control:jtorctl:0.2'
 >     implementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.25'
 >     implementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-android:1.7.25'
 >     implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:28.0.0'
 >     testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
 >     androidTestImplementation project(':android_tor_installer')
 >     androidTestImplementation 'org.torproject:tor-android-
 binary:0.3.5.8-rc-v2'
 >     androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support.test:runner:1.0.1'
 >     androidTestImplementation 'com.android.support.test.espresso
 :espresso-core:3.0.1'
 > }
 > }}}
 > I wonder whether that's indeed as problematic for us as the quote
 suggests...

 As a data point: Mozilla seems to be on 28.0.0 for the support library
 while targeting Android 29.

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