androidx.work.impl.WorkManagerInitializer: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: “androidx.work.impl.WorkManagerInitializer” on path: /data/app/app-2.apk
问题 I recently migrated my old app's background services to WorkManager. On recent devices (down to sdk 22 included ) it looks OK, running repeating work units and scheduling them even across device reboots as expected. The problem is when I test against old version (old is very relative here), Android sdk 14 which is my minSdkVersion . BTW also WorkManager should have the same: Backwards compatible up to API 14 according to doc. As stated in title, error I get is : java.lang.RuntimeException: