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tiagoshibata / Android-GPSd-Forwarder

Android service to forward NMEA messages to a GPSd server
MIT License
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Incompatibility with new Android devices #18

Open rr- opened 1 year ago

rr- commented 1 year ago

The Play Store says it is not possible to install this app on an Android 13 device, since it was created for older Android versions.

schwiet commented 1 year ago

I also just ran into this issue. The app does work with newer versions of Android, but the Google Play store now requires existing apps to have a targetSdkVersion of 31 or newer. So a workaround is to clone this repo, build the APK and install it on your phone.

RowanHawkins commented 7 months ago

The Play Store says it is not possible to install this app on an Android 13 device, since it was created for older Android versions.

Instead install F-Droid and manage it through there. Then you don't have to deal with googleisms. Its perfect for software like this that has source available.

tiagoshibata commented 1 month ago

Sorry, I haven't been active on GitHub.

Google changed minimum SDK version requirements, making so old builds can't be installed on newer phones. The current build can only be installed from F-Droid, as you figured out.

I'd gladly review and validate a PR using a newer SDK. Else, it'll be in my "whenever I have time" bucket.