Docs:
* https://developer.android.com/build/publish-library/configure-pub-variants#single-pub-var
* https://developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/8.0/com/android/build/api/dsl/PublishingOptions
This resolves the following warning from Android Gradle Plugin 7.2.2 and
helps unblock the upgrade to AGP 8.0.1:
> Software Components will not be created automatically for Maven
> publishing from Android Gradle Plugin 8.0. To opt-in to the future
> behavior, set the Gradle property
> `android.disableAutomaticComponentCreation=true` in the
> `gradle.properties` file or use the new publishing DSL.
>
> Affected Modules: `lib-cast`, `lib-common`, `lib-container`,
> `lib-database`, `lib-datasource`, `lib-datasource-cronet`,
> `lib-datasource-okhttp`, `lib-datasource-rtmp`, `lib-decoder`,
> `lib-effect`, `lib-exoplayer`, `lib-exoplayer-all (legacy)`,
> `lib-exoplayer-dash`, `lib-exoplayer-hls`, `lib-exoplayer-ima`,
> `lib-exoplayer-rtsp`, `lib-exoplayer-smoothstreaming`,
> `lib-exoplayer-workmanager`, `lib-extractor`, `lib-media2 (legacy)`,
> `lib-mediasession (legacy)`, `lib-muxer`, `lib-session`,
> `lib-transformer`, `lib-ui`, `lib-ui-leanback`, `test-utils`,
> `test-utils-robolectric`
Issue: androidx/media#409
PiperOrigin-RevId: 533464133
This is a pre-requisite for the Android Studio upgrade assistant to
upgrade from AGP 7.2.2 to 8.0.1, otherwise it fails and complains
this is missing.
Issue: androidx/media#409
PiperOrigin-RevId: 533463246
The sessions may have different application threads for their players,
and the service with its notification provider runs on the main thread.
To ensure everything runs on the correct thread, this change labels
methods where needed and fixes thread access in some places.
Issue: androidx/media#318
PiperOrigin-RevId: 524849598