java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.impl.ReadOnlyClassToSerializerMap$$ExternalSyntheticLambda0

[zero0cool0]

Describe the bug

The following snippet

        ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
        ArrayList<Integer> list = new ArrayList<>();
        list.add(1);
        try {
            String s = mapper.writeValueAsString(list);
        } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
            Timber.e(e);
        }

crashes with

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.impl.ReadOnlyClassToSerializerMap$$ExternalSyntheticLambda0

The same snippet is working under 2.13.3 but is now failing with 2.14.0

Version information
2.14.0, gradle compileSdkVersion 33, minSdkVersion 22
Error only happens on Android API 23 or lower

Additional Information
The single gradle line relating to this is

implementation "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:$jackson_version"

where jackson_version is set to 2.14.0

Gradle dependency tree is as follows:

+--- com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.14.0
|    +--- com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:2.14.0
|    |    \--- com.fasterxml.jackson:jackson-bom:2.14.0
|    |         +--- com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:2.14.0 (c)
|    |         +--- com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:2.14.0 (c)
|    |         \--- com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.14.0 (c)
|    +--- com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:2.14.0
|    |    \--- com.fasterxml.jackson:jackson-bom:2.14.0 (*)
|    \--- com.fasterxml.jackson:jackson-bom:2.14.0 (*)

[cowtowncoder]

While I do not know exactly how this specific error comes about, Jackson 2.14 will require Android SDK 26, due to #3658.
Perhaps that is the root cause.

I updated 2.14 release notes to mention this baseline increase:

https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson/wiki/Jackson-Release-2.14

If earlier Android SDK support is needed, 2.13.x needs to be used; that branch remains open.

[zero0cool0]

Thank you. Reverting back to 2.13