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Android Docs should state that exported APK file will only work on devices with Android 11+ #5610

Open pepsakdoek opened 2 years ago

pepsakdoek commented 2 years ago

I spent... most of today trying to figure out why my builds aren't working. I was going to test them on my old phone which runs Android 10. Adding to the docs that the output APK file will only be able to be installed/tested/debugged on android 11 or higher would've assisted me.

Personally I would add the requirements right after this: Exporting for Android has fewer requirements than compiling Godot for Android. The requirements are:

The following steps detail what is needed to set up the Android SDK and the engine.

Calinou commented 2 years ago

@pepsakdoek Which Godot version are you using? Also, which JDK version do you have installed?

Godot 3.4 can export to devices running Android versions as old as Android 5 (4.4 might work too). As for Godot 4.0, the expected minimum version will likely be Android 7 upon release (maybe Android 6). If the actual minimum version required in 4.0alpha is higher, then it should be reported as a bug on the main Godot repository. Given the current Android version distribution, supporting at least Android 7 is pretty much a must.

pepsakdoek commented 2 years ago

I installed (from https://adoptium.net/?variant=openjdk8) ... the first time Temurin 11, then the 2nd time Temurin 8. But like I know squat about the JDK requirements.

I'm using Godot 3.4.