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Bug 4422

Summary: SDK/NDK 26+ is a somewhat high requirement for Android
Product: SDL Reporter: Ellie <etc0de>
Component: *don't know*Assignee: Ryan C. Gordon <icculus>
Status: RESOLVED INVALID QA Contact: Sam Lantinga <slouken>
Severity: normal    
Priority: P2 CC: amaranth72
Version: 2.0.9   
Hardware: All   
OS: Android (All)   

Description Ellie 2018-12-13 16:40:23 UTC 
SDK/NDK 26+ is a somewhat high requirement for Android, and putting the minimum API level significantly below target API can bring its own headaches (like requirement of runtime detection of various functions being present, etc.).

Would it be possible to expand SDL2's java part to build also with a lower API level through some sort of reflection? If not, then at least I'd like to leave the feedback that it would be good to not bump up the API level up quickly to higher and higher levels with upcoming releases.
Comment 1 Alex Szpakowski 2018-12-14 15:45:10 UTC 
Google requires apps to use API level 26+ in order to be on the Google Play store: https://developer.android.com/distribute/best-practices/develop/target-sdk
Comment 2 Ellie 2018-12-15 02:34:01 UTC 
Ah right. In that case that's very reasonable, and this ticket doesn't make a lot of sense :-) sorry