Facebook SDK dependency conflict

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I am having this error:

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On getting dependency tree, I found that there is nothing wrong with animated vector drawables but facebook's latest sdk has previous version of support-v4 custom tab. I tried excluding with exclude group command but its not working. Here is my dependency tree:

 +--- com.facebook.android:facebook-android-sdk:4.26.0@aar
|    +--- com.android.support:support-v4:26.0.1@aar
|    |    +--- com.android.support:support-compat:26.0.1@aar
|    |    |    \--- com.android.support:support-annotations:26.0.1@jar
|    |    +--- com.android.support:support-media-compat:26.0.1@aar
|    |    |    +--- com.android.support:support-annotations:26.0.1@jar
|    |    |    \--- com.android.support:support-compat:26.0.1@aar
|    |    |         \--- com.android.support:support-annotations:26.0.1@jar
|    |    +--- com.android.support:support-core-utils:26.0.1@aar
|    |    |    +--- com.android.support:support-annotations:26.0.1@jar
|    |    |    \--- com.android.support:support-compat:26.0.1@aar
|    |    |         \--- com.android.support:support-annotations:26.0.1@jar
|    |    +--- com.android.support:support-core-ui:26.0.1@aar
|    |    |    +--- com.android.support:support-annotations:26.0.1@jar
|    |    |    \--- com.android.support:support-compat:26.0.1@aar
|    |    |         \--- com.android.support:support-annotations:26.0.1@jar
|    |    \--- com.android.support:support-fragment:26.0.1@aar
|    |         +--- com.android.support:support-compat:26.0.1@aar
|    |         |    \--- com.android.support:support-annotations:26.0.1@jar
|    |         +--- com.android.support:support-core-ui:26.0.1@aar
|    |         |    +--- com.android.support:support-annotations:26.0.1@jar
|    |         |    \--- com.android.support:support-compat:26.0.1@aar
|    |         |         \--- com.android.support:support-annotations:26.0.1@jar
|    |         \--- com.android.support:support-core-utils:26.0.1@aar
|    |              +--- com.android.support:support-annotations:26.0.1@jar
|    |              \--- com.android.support:support-compat:26.0.1@aar
|    |                   \--- com.android.support:support-annotations:26.0.1@jar
|    +--- com.android.support:appcompat-v7:26.0.1@aar
|    |    +--- com.android.support:support-annotations:26.0.1@jar
|    |    +--- com.android.support:support-v4:26.0.1@aar
|    |    |    +--- com.android.support:support-compat:26.0.1@aar
|    |    |    |    \--- com.android.support:support-annotations:26.0.1@jar
|    |    |    +--- com.android.support:support-media-compat:26.0.1@aar
|    |    |    |    +--- com.android.support:support-annotations:26.0.1@jar
|    |    |    |    \--- com.android.support:support-compat:26.0.1@aar
|    |    |    |         \--- com.android.support:support-annotations:26.0.1@jar
|    |    |    +--- com.android.support:support-core-utils:26.0.1@aar
|    |    |    |    +--- com.android.support:support-annotations:26.0.1@jar
|    |    |    |    \--- com.android.support:support-compat:26.0.1@aar
|    |    |    |         \--- com.android.support:support-annotations:26.0.1@jar
|    |    |    +--- com.android.support:support-core-ui:26.0.1@aar
|    |    |    |    +--- com.android.support:support-annotations:26.0.1@jar
|    |    |    |    \--- com.android.support:support-compat:26.0.1@aar
|    |    |    |         \--- com.android.support:support-annotations:26.0.1@jar
|    |    |    \--- com.android.support:support-fragment:26.0.1@aar
|    |    |         +--- com.android.support:support-compat:26.0.1@aar
|    |    |         |    \--- com.android.support:support-annotations:26.0.1@jar
|    |    |         +--- com.android.support:support-core-ui:26.0.1@aar
|    |    |         |    +--- com.android.support:support-annotations:26.0.1@jar
|    |    |         |    \--- com.android.support:support-compat:26.0.1@aar
|    |    |         |         \--- com.android.support:support-annotations:26.0.1@jar
|    |    |         \--- com.android.support:support-core-utils:26.0.1@aar
|    |    |              +--- com.android.support:support-annotations:26.0.1@jar
|    |    |              \--- com.android.support:support-compat:26.0.1@aar
|    |    |                   \--- com.android.support:support-annotations:26.0.1@jar
|    |    +--- com.android.support:support-vector-drawable:26.0.1@aar
|    |    |    +--- com.android.support:support-annotations:26.0.1@jar
|    |    |    \--- com.android.support:support-compat:26.0.1@aar
|    |    |         \--- com.android.support:support-annotations:26.0.1@jar
|    |    \--- com.android.support:animated-vector-drawable:26.0.1@aar
|    |         +--- com.android.support:support-vector-drawable:26.0.1@aar
|    |         |    +--- com.android.support:support-annotations:26.0.1@jar
|    |         |    \--- com.android.support:support-compat:26.0.1@aar
|    |         |         \--- com.android.support:support-annotations:26.0.1@jar
|    |         \--- com.android.support:support-core-ui:26.0.1@aar
|    |              +--- com.android.support:support-annotations:26.0.1@jar
|    |              \--- com.android.support:support-compat:26.0.1@aar
|    |                   \--- com.android.support:support-annotations:26.0.1@jar
|    +--- com.android.support:cardview-v7:26.0.1@aar
|    |    \--- com.android.support:support-annotations:26.0.1@jar
|    +--- com.android.support:customtabs:25.3.1@aar
|    |    +--- com.android.support:support-compat:26.0.1@aar
|    |    |    \--- com.android.support:support-annotations:26.0.1@jar
|    |    \--- com.android.support:support-annotations:26.0.1@jar
|    +--- com.parse.bolts:bolts-android:1.4.0@jar
|    |    +--- com.parse.bolts:bolts-tasks:1.4.0@jar
|    |    \--- com.parse.bolts:bolts-applinks:1.4.0@jar
|    |         \--- com.parse.bolts:bolts-tasks:1.4.0@jar
|    \--- com.google.zxing:core:3.3.0@jar

I want to use latest appcompat library as I want to support Oreo. Can someone guide me on this? Also, isn't this facebook's fault to use older dependency for custom tabs? Thank you very much for your time and assistance in this matter.

2 Answers

For facebook-android-sdk:4.28.0 the list is a bit longer ;)

implementation 'com.android.support:support-v4:26.1.0'
implementation 'com.android.support:cardview-v7:26.1.0'
implementation 'com.android.support:customtabs:26.1.0'
implementation 'com.android.support:support-annotations:26.1.0'
implementation 'com.android.support:support-core-utils:26.1.0'
implementation('com.facebook.android:facebook-android-sdk:4.28.0') {
    exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-v4'
    exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'appcompat-v7'
    exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'cardview-v7'
    exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'customtabs'
    exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-annotations'
    exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-core-utils'
}
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