This is interesting, because I had this issue. In one java lib I wrote, I needed to build an URL, so I naively pulled apache http common URL builder, got it don

This is interesting, because I had this issue. In one java lib I wrote, I needed to build an URL, so I naively pulled apache http common URL builder, got it done in one line, and went on. But a few time later, I realized (well someone reported an issue) that depending on the android version, it would break. My first reflex was to try to bundle just what I wanted using some graddle class renaming plugin, it was a nightmare. Then I just realized how stupid and lazy I had become, being able to just pull dependency for anything made me forgot I could just write the code. In the end I dropped the dependency and wrote what I needed myself. If you are interested, commit here: https://github.com/kuon/java-phoenix-channel/commit/2a3a976d3a189d762c4eac739d7ad824e6ce6380 https://github.com/kuon/java-phoenix-channel/commit/2a3a976d...