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Re:K-9 Mail is looking for funding by Aachen on Sunday February 14, 2021 @08:05AM (#26132086)
Does this also mean older devices are forced into obsolescence? Since this is minsdk and not maxsdk it sounds like it, but there's still many apps that run on my 2018 device with Android 7 (and even 2012 device with 4.4) so that can't really be.
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Re:K-9 Mail is looking for funding by distances on Sunday February 14, 2021 @08:11AM (#26132126)
No it doesn't. It's about targetSdk, not minSdk.
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Re:K-9 Mail is looking for funding by richardwhiuk on Sunday February 14, 2021 @12:09PM (#26134001)
Sorry, yes, I mean targetSdk not minSdk - though in practice they are linked.
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Re:K-9 Mail is looking for funding by distances on Sunday February 14, 2021 @02:37PM (#26135459)
No, they aren't linked. Maybe you are mixing it with compileSdk, that and targetSdk are usually linked but minSdk is almost always considerably behind.
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Re:K-9 Mail is looking for funding by swanswan on Sunday February 14, 2021 @11:23AM (#26133608)
Well anyway older devices are indeed forced into obsolescence, at least OS-wise.
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