Build Issue: Magisk-Loader Module Fails Due to Missing @annotation Classes

[itamar-bina]

Hi!
I’m trying to build LSPosed using Android Studio and have successfully compiled the Daemon and Manager modules. However, I’m encountering multiple errors when building the Magisk-Loader module — primarily related to missing annotation classes such as @annotation.

Here’s how I built the API and Service modules locally:

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/libxposed/api.git libxposed/api
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/libxposed/service.git libxposed/service

cd libxposed/api
./gradlew :api:publishApiPublicationToMavenLocal

cd ../service
./gradlew :interface:publishInterfacePublicationToMavenLocal

Despite this, the Magisk-Loader module still fails to recognize the annotation classes.

I noticed that annotations are no longer used according to this commit: libxposed/api@7b67273 — but I’m still not sure what the correct fix should be.

What could be the cause of this issue, and how can I resolve it?

Thank you in advance for your help!
@JingMatrix

[JingMatrix]

As I commented under that commit, that correct fix is: roll back the two repos libxposed/api and libxposed/service back to the commits where the new annotations were not introduced yet.

[itamar-bina]

@JingMatrix thank you very very much sir!
I reverted the libxposed/api repository to commit 55efdf9, and all the annotation-related errors are now gone.
However, I'm still getting one error during build:

LSPosedContext is not abstract and does not override abstract method <T>invokeSpecial(Constructor<T>,T,Object...) in XposedInterface

Please note that I haven't reverted the libxposed/service repository — it's still on the latest commit.
Could this mismatch be the cause of the error? What's the recommended service and LSPosed version to use with this API commit?

[JingMatrix]

You should be able to find the exact commits used by LSPosed through the GitHub workflow files.