Nasty Dependencies: Surviving and fixing bugs in 3rd-party libraries

As developers, we are responsible for bugs in our apps, even when they are caused by third-party dependencies. In this session, I will give an overview of different ways to handle this situation, including: - Debugging, logging, or fixing issues using advanced Gradle techniques; - Forking libraries and using them in your project via Git submodules, Nexus repositories, or direct artifacts; - Upstreaming your changes to the original library repository; - Possible approaches for working with closed-source libraries. This session will act more like a guidebook than a deep technical dive, offering practical options developers can choose from depending on their situation.

  • Yury Vlad Senior Android Engineer


Summary

  • Dates 2025.09.12 / 16:20 ~ 17:00 (40min)
  • Place Meerkat
  • Language English (Japanese interpretation available)

Intended audience

Android developers who are using third-party libraries (primarily open-source ones) and experiencing issues with them. Minimal experience with Git, GitHub and Gradle is expected.