覆盖库使用的 maxSdkVersion

Question

Here's the scenario. My app (A) is using a library (B).

My app (A) is using permission READ_PHONE_STATE and it's declared in manifest.xml as

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE" />

While library (B) is also using the same permission READ_PHONE_STATE, but with maxSdkVersion set to 22.

<uses-permission
    android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE"
    android:maxSdkVersion="22"/>

So now the problem is when app is built and in the final _merged_manifest_ I'm having maxSdkVersion="22" set, and because of this my current device which is running nougat can't request for this particular permission.

Currently I found a solution to override this value in my app (A) manifest.xml

<uses-permission
    tools:replace="android:maxSdkVersion"
    android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE"
    android:maxSdkVersion="28"/>

But this requires me to update maxSdkVersion every time I update the sdk version in my app (A).

So my question is

1. Is there a way to ignore maxSdkVersion set by library (B) using some namespace in my manifest.xml like tools:ignore
2. Set maxSdkVersion to latest sdkVersion in build.gradle automatically without manually changing it

Answer 1

Use tools:remove attribute on your own AndroidManifest.xml :

<uses-permission
    android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE"
    tools:remove="android:maxSdkVersion"/>