Closed Bug 1978592 Opened 6 months ago Closed 3 months ago

[meta] Raise minSdkVersion to 26 (Android 8)

Categories

(Firefox for Android :: General, task)

Product:
Firefox for Android
Component:
General
Platform:
All
Android
Type:
task

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED FIXED

People

(Reporter: polly, Unassigned)

References

Details

(Keywords: meta)

With Android 15 (API 35) official release last Oct 15, 2024 (for Pixel devices), we should be considering bumping up the min Android OS version of the Firefox Mobile Browser up to Android 8 (API 26). Doing so allows us to implement newer technologies, and prevents us from being burdened by fixing bugs that only emerge on a small population of people using old devices. By bumping the min Android OS version, users on those devices will no longer receive app updates.

Additionally, we are increasingly finding that libraries we use are dropping support for obsolete versions like Android 5. This causes us big problems for ongoing maintenance of our apps.

Whiteboard: [fxdroid][group6]
Depends on: 1981498
Depends on: 1981499
Blocks: 1981506
Depends on: 1981663
Depends on: 1982312
Depends on: 1991644
Depends on: 1985228
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 3 months ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
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