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Re:Nokia launches DIY repairable budget Android phone by grishka on Sunday February 26, 2023 @12:46PM (#34947502)
What management? I decide this kind of thing myself in that project. The app is open-source and for a nonprofit. I don't see much reasoning to drop Android versions above 6.0 because there aren't that many API changes that would make a difference for my case. It's not like supporting 4.x or 2.x, the "you gotta carry the reimplementation of a substantial part of the UI framework with your app" kind of annoyance. The app in question doesn't even use appcompat. The apk is around 3 megabytes.
Re:Nokia launches DIY repairable budget Android phone by Sammi on Monday February 27, 2023 @04:41AM (#34954621)
Well then it doesn't sound like supporting v.6.0 is much of an issue for you in your particular case. I'm happy for you.
Re:Nokia launches DIY repairable budget Android phone by kuschku on Monday February 27, 2023 @08:45AM (#34956300)
Actually, 7 and 8 added some major support for Java 8, which is quite useful, as it adds better support for NIO and lambdas.

But most of that can be done with polyfills and transpilers, which the android gradle plugin does automatically nowadays.