Issue Integrating Persona SDK in Angular with Capacitor Plugin on Android

[anitamatyas]

Hello,

I’m trying to integrate Persona SDK into an Angular project using the native Android SDK. My goal is to build a Capacitor plugin. However, after following the setup instructions in the documentation, I’m encountering a runtime error when including implementation 'com.withpersona.sdk2:inquiry:2.12.14' in the build.gradle dependencies.

Here is a snippet of my build.gradle file:

android {
  // ...
  compileOptions {
    sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_17
    targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_17
  }
}

repositories {
    flatDir{
        dirs '../capacitor-cordova-android-plugins/src/main/libs', 'libs'
    }
    google()
    mavenCentral()
    maven {
        url 'https://sdk.withpersona.com/android/releases'
    }
}

dependencies {
    implementation "androidx.core:core-splashscreen:$coreSplashScreenVersion"
    implementation "androidx.coordinatorlayout:coordinatorlayout:$androidxCoordinatorLayoutVersion"
    implementation fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
    implementation "androidx.appcompat:appcompat:$androidxAppCompatVersion"
    implementation project(':capacitor-android')
    testImplementation "junit:junit:$junitVersion"
    androidTestImplementation "androidx.test.ext:junit:$androidxJunitVersion"
    androidTestImplementation "androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:$androidxEspressoCoreVersion"
    implementation project(':capacitor-cordova-android-plugins')
    implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-dynamic-links:21.0.0'
    implementation 'com.plaid.link:sdk-core:3.12.0'
    implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:21.0.1'
    implementation 'com.withpersona.sdk2:inquiry:2.12.14'
}

When I add the Persona dependency, the app crashes at runtime with the following error message:

FATAL EXCEPTION: main Process: ..., PID: 9456 java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to get provider androidx.startup.InitializationProvider: androidx.startup.StartupException: androidx.startup.StartupException: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Failed resolution of: Landroidx/lifecycle/ReportFragment$ActivityInitializationListener; at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider(ActivityThread.java:8297) at android.app.ActivityThread.installContentProviders(ActivityThread.java:7807) at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:7488) at android.app.ActivityThread.-$$Nest$mhandleBindApplication(Unknown Source:0) at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2416) at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:107) at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:232) at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:317) at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8705) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:580) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:886) Caused by: androidx.startup.StartupException: androidx.startup.StartupException: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Failed resolution of: Landroidx/lifecycle/ReportFragment$ActivityInitializationListener; at androidx.startup.AppInitializer.doInitialize(AppInitializer.java:187) at androidx.startup.AppInitializer.discoverAndInitialize(AppInitializer.java:238) at androidx.startup.AppInitializer.discoverAndInitialize(AppInitializer.java:206) at androidx.startup.InitializationProvider.onCreate(InitializationProvider.java:45) at android.content.ContentProvider.attachInfo(ContentProvider.java:2644) at android.content.ContentProvider.attachInfo(ContentProvider.java:2613) at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider(ActivityThread.java:8292) at android.app.ActivityThread.installContentProviders(ActivityThread.java:7807)  at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:7488)  at android.app.ActivityThread.-$$Nest$mhandleBindApplication(Unknown Source:0)  at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2416)  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:107)  at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:232)  at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:317)  at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8705)  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)  at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:580)  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:886)  Caused by: androidx.startup.StartupException: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Failed resolution of: Landroidx/lifecycle/ReportFragment$ActivityInitializationListener; at androidx.startup.AppInitializer.doInitialize(AppInitializer.java:187) at androidx.startup.AppInitializer.doInitialize(AppInitializer.java:173) at androidx.startup.AppInitializer.discoverAndInitialize(AppInitializer.java:238)  at androidx.startup.AppInitializer.discoverAndInitialize(AppInitializer.java:206)  at androidx.startup.InitializationProvider.onCreate(InitializationProvider.java:45)  at android.content.ContentProvider.attachInfo(ContentProvider.java:2644)  at android.content.ContentProvider.attachInfo(ContentProvider.java:2613)  at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider(ActivityThread.java:8292)  at android.app.ActivityThread.installContentProviders(ActivityThread.java:7807)  at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:7488)  at android.app.ActivityThread.-$$Nest$mhandleBindApplication(Unknown Source:0)  at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2416)  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:107)  at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:232)  at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:317)  at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8705)  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)  at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:580)  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:886)  Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Failed resolution of: Landroidx/lifecycle/ReportFragment$ActivityInitializationListener; at androidx.lifecycle.ProcessLifecycleInitializer.create(ProcessLifecycleInitializer.kt:37) at androidx.lifecycle.ProcessLifecycleInitializer.create(ProcessLifecycleInitializer.kt:25) at androidx.startup.AppInitializer.doInitialize(AppInitializer.java:180) at androidx.startup.AppInitializer.doInitialize(AppInitializer.java:173)  at androidx.startup.AppInitializer.discoverAndInitialize(AppInitializer.java:238)  at androidx.startup.AppInitializer.discoverAndInitialize(AppInitializer.java:206)  at androidx.startup.InitializationProvider.onCreate(InitializationProvider.java:45)  at android.content.ContentProvider.attachInfo(ContentProvider.java:2644)  at android.content.ContentProvider.attachInfo(ContentProvider.java:2613)  at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider(ActivityThread.java:8292)  at android.app.ActivityThread.installContentProviders(ActivityThread.java:7807)  at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:7488)  at android.app.ActivityThread.-$$Nest$mhandleBindApplication(Unknown Source:0)  at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2416)  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:107)  at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:232)  at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:317)  at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8705)  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)  at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:580)  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:886)  Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find class "androidx.lifecycle.ReportFragment$ActivityInitializationListener" on path: DexPathList[[zip file at dalvik.system.BaseDexClassLoader.findClass(BaseDexClassLoader.java:259) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:637) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:573)

I suspect it could be related to a missing or conflicting dependency, but I’m unsure how to resolve it. Any insights or guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!