Android Studio 3.1: mixing versions can lead to runtime crashes

Question

Have recently upgraded to Android Studio 3.1, and at the same time I\'m trying the Android P preview.

I\'m getting the following error on compiling:

Answer 1

You need to override the conflicted libraries by adding the conflicted libraries to your dependencies block

dependencies {
implementation 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:28.0.0-alpha1'
implementation 'com.android.support:customtabs:28.0.0-alpha1'
implementation 'com.android.support:support-vector-drawable:28.0.0-alpha1'
implementation 'com.android.support:support-media-compat:28.0.0-alpha1'
implementation 'com.android.support:support-v4:28.0.0-alpha1'