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IacobIonut01 / Gallery

Light-weight Media Gallery app for Android made with Jetpack Compose
Apache License 2.0
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[Enhancement] My tablet is not compatible T.T #256

Closed SofiaRedmond closed 10 months ago

SofiaRedmond commented 10 months ago

(i tried using the latest artifact)

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. PlayStore tells me that is not available for my device and if i download the apk it tells me something like "it look like the package is not valid"

Describe the solution you'd like Make it compatible with my tablet please.

Additional context

Device: Lenovo Smart Tab M10 HD Wifi Arq: ARMv8-A 64bits OS: Android 10

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IacobIonut01 commented 10 months ago

Android 11 is the minimum version required

SofiaRedmond commented 10 months ago

Can i ask why Android 11?

IacobIonut01 commented 10 months ago

I'll create a tab in README because this question is already way too asked and answered.

Android 11 is the minimum android version required to keep all features of the Gallery like Trash-bin, most of the API used etc.

Reducing the android version would result in feature loss for under android 11 devices and would require lots of compatibility changes for the MediaStore API

SofiaRedmond commented 10 months ago

This question must be very frequent because, in my opinion, Android 11 is a very high version for the minimum requirement of an app that is so necessary for everyday use. My phone has Android 13 thanks to a custom ROM, otherwise it would still be on Android 10 and usually, the devices of people I know have Android 9/10.

I feel sad that such a good app didn't get more reach because of this compatibility detail.