Android P

[techknight]

I had a funny feeling there was more to the story than said with the SDK target 26 thing.

My phone just took the Android P update yesterday, and I noticed the older apps now display a warning on the device that it was built with an older android version, need to press OK. etc...

So that could only mean that future versions of android probably wont run older SDK built software, so its not "JUST" the Play Store anymore. Unless of course you have an older device with an older android version.

 

[canalrun]

I had a funny feeling there was more to the story than said with the SDK target 26 thing.

My phone just took the Android P update yesterday, and I noticed the older apps now display a warning on the device that it was built with an older android version, need to press OK. etc...

I found the following on a Android site:

Google is also warning developers that Android P is going to start throwing up warning boxes at users when they install apps that “targets a platform earlier than Android 4.2.” Basically, if you’re not using a recent SDK for your app, Google will make you feel bad by making your users distrust your app a little. It’s also going to expect that apps submitted to the Google Play store target Android Oreo in November and, in 2019, that they support 64-bit hardware.

Does it throw up a warning each time you run an older app? Or, just when installed?

Barry.

 

[techknight]

Every single time its ran. This in my mind means that Google is getting ready to deprecate it, which is probably why they pushed to >26 on play store.

 

[KMatle]

Nah. There are only a few devices running P now with the "warning", the rest of 99,99% are good.

 

[canalrun]

Nah. There are only a few devices running P now with the "warning", the rest of 99,99% are good.

Why do only a few devices give the "warning" while the rest are good?

I also wonder with which version of B4A is support for 64-bit apps included? I thought I had seen this earlier in a tutorial, but cannot find it now.

Thanks,
Barry.

 

[canalrun]

I also wonder with which version of B4A is support for 64-bit apps included? I thought I had seen this earlier in a tutorial, but cannot find it now.

Searching this forum a little deeper, along with some info from Erel, I found information about the Android Developers Blog at:
https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2017/12/improving-app-security-and-performance.html

64-bit support requirement in 2019
Platform support for 64-bit architectures was introduced in Android 5.0. ... the Play Console will require that new apps and app updates with native libraries provide 64-bit versions in addition to their 32-bit versions.

Barry.

 

[Erel]

All versions of B4A support 64 bit apps. It is only relevant for libraries that include native .so libraries such as SQLCipher. It means that the library must also include a 64 bit binary.