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| author | Nicholas Bennett <nicholas.bennett@qt.io> | 2023-03-14 11:05:09 +0200 |
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| committer | Qt Cherry-pick Bot <cherrypick_bot@qt-project.org> | 2023-03-16 12:51:13 +0000 |
| commit | 5da2468a3321ca2c8529b90f0c6198d131d87c56 (patch) | |
| tree | b87ceb4299b75f1f4529579982c9e7719de1bb3d | |
| parent | 6f7f377cacb2f56ea843fbd6b84d4cc0e46afc80 (diff) | |
| download | qtdoc-5da2468a3321ca2c8529b90f0c6198d131d87c56.tar.gz | |
Raise the minimum supported Android version from 6.0 to 8.0, API 23 to 26
While changes in CI are not being made at this stage, we need to move
forward with setting user's expectations that they can no longer rely on
Qt remains compatible with Android versions that are no longer
maintained by Google.
Note: Though we are still supporting Android 8 and 9 at this stage,these
are no longer receiving security patches from Google.
Replaced version references in other parts of the documentation with a
link to this section or removed them entirely where no longer needed.
Fixes: QTBUG-111919
Change-Id: I350ee5d518d42ed0877bd09a7da4810a5373d058
Reviewed-by: Assam Boudjelthia <assam.boudjelthia@qt.io>
(cherry picked from commit 1cb641c57e0db8d879b2f2f5319c295fda395867)
Reviewed-by: Qt Cherry-pick Bot <cherrypick_bot@qt-project.org>
Reviewed-by: Nicholas Bennett <nicholas.bennett@qt.io>
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/platforms/android/android-platform-notes.qdoc | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/platforms/android/android-publishing-to-googleplay.qdoc | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/platforms/supported-platforms.qdocinc | 4 |
3 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/platforms/android/android-platform-notes.qdoc b/doc/src/platforms/android/android-platform-notes.qdoc index 311f329a..a422e2fb 100644 --- a/doc/src/platforms/android/android-platform-notes.qdoc +++ b/doc/src/platforms/android/android-platform-notes.qdoc @@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ \brief Information particular to building and running Qt applications on Android. This page contains information particular to building and running Qt - applications on Android. Qt supports Android versions 6.0 (API level 23) or - later. + applications on Android. See \l{android_support}{Supported Android Versions} + for what Android versions and API levels are supported. \section1 Android Development in Qt Creator diff --git a/doc/src/platforms/android/android-publishing-to-googleplay.qdoc b/doc/src/platforms/android/android-publishing-to-googleplay.qdoc index 725b7b7a..e22893f4 100644 --- a/doc/src/platforms/android/android-publishing-to-googleplay.qdoc +++ b/doc/src/platforms/android/android-publishing-to-googleplay.qdoc @@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ that can go live on Google Play \li Check for the following settings in \c{AndroidManifest.xml}: \list - \li Set \uicontrol{Minimum required SDK} to API 23 or later. - \li Set \uicontrol{Application name} and \uicontrol{Application icon}. \li Check the \uicontrol{Permissions} list has all the required permissions. diff --git a/doc/src/platforms/supported-platforms.qdocinc b/doc/src/platforms/supported-platforms.qdocinc index 1ead94bd..f100584f 100644 --- a/doc/src/platforms/supported-platforms.qdocinc +++ b/doc/src/platforms/supported-platforms.qdocinc @@ -71,14 +71,14 @@ \section1 Mobile Platforms //! [mobile] - +\target android_support \section2 \l{Qt for Android}{Android} //! [android] The following configurations are supported in this Qt release: \table 80% \header \li Distribution \li Architecture \li Compiler \li Notes - \row \li Android 6.0 or later (API level 23 or higher) + \row \li Android 8.0 or later (API level 26 or higher) \li \c armv7a, \c x86, \c arm64-v8, and \c x86_64 \li Clang 14.0.6 (NDK r25b) as provided by Google \li For JDK versions see \l{Java Development Kit (JDK)} |