Upgrade to androidx

[gpeal]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Androidx has been the standard for a long time on Android now. We have a large project and LaunchDarkly is one of the last libraries that needs to upgrade before we can fully drop jetifier.

Describe the solution you'd like
Migrate the project to androidx. It will help the build times of all clients.

[gwhelanLD]

Hi @gpeal,

Thanks for the request. I've filed it internally so we can investigate updating to AndroidX support libraries in a future release.

Thanks,
@gwhelanLD

[nic-bell]

This would be great, we're trying to remove jetifier from our build.

[sambroad]

Would also love to see this prioritized, thank you!

[vgonda]

Same here! This would be so helpful to see completed.

[lorizisback]

This is so much needed! This is literally the last library that's holding us back from dropping Jetifier completely

[chrisr-ifit]

Would also like to see the Android X update.

[PatrickDattilio]

Launchdarkly is now the last thing blocking us from dropping Jettifier as well. @gwhelanLD Can we get a rough timeframe? I'd rather not switch to Firebase remote config.

[volo-droid]

Thanks for the request. I've filed it internally so we can investigate updating to AndroidX support libraries in a future release.

@gwhelanLD can you please update us with the status of the internal ticket you filed? Was it declined, or just never prioritized by the product management?

[mboudraa]

Any update?

[bwoskow-ld]

We have made this change on our internal mirror of this repository and it will be part of our next Android SDK release, coming soon.

[gwhelanLD]

This has been released in the 3.0.0 release. Thanks to everyone for the patience on this improvement.

Thanks,
@gwhelanLD