Related to this. Should we allow setting the min SDK lower than the min SDK cordova-android uses? At the moment it’s not possible, I closed this issue because I thought we didn’t allow it, but if we allow it then should be reopened and fixed
https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/issues/1070 El jueves, 15 de octubre de 2020, Norman Breau <nor...@normanbreau.com> escribió: > To recap our hangouts meeting on this topic > > Sounds like the stance we are to take is to officially only support the > cordova default target/compile sdk version (which is currently 29). Users > can change this if they wish at their own risk. > Norman Breau > Software Developer > > nor...@normanbreau.com (mailto:nor...@normanbreau.com) > https://breautek.com > > On Oct 15 2020, at 6:05 am, Pieter Van Poyer <Pieter.VanPoyer@ > portofantwerp.com> wrote: > > > > Hi > > > > > > I'd like to give my opinion. Because the discussion about the sdk > version was with me. > > > > I don't like to disagree with Norman, but the problem with the > CameraPlugin was IMO not with the targetSdkVersion. I could lower the > targetSdkVersion to 22 without any problems. > > > > The problem was with the compileSdkVersion. > > I was not able to use a constant available in android 28 > (Build.VERSION_CODES.P, if I am right), because Norman suggested it would > be able to compile with android level 22. > > So I did change it to the numerical 28 . > > > > > > > > > > > > > > So IMO, there may be more guidelines > > About the targetSdkVersion. Not sure about that one. ( > https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses- > sdk-element.html#target ) > > About the compileSdkVersion (only support officially the one used for > cordova-android – 29). > > With using the latest compileSdkVersion and skipping the previous (now > 22 – 28), plugin developers can use the features from api 29. > > > > > > > > > > And for a plugin, this settings must indeed be based on the supported > cordova (-android) version of that plugin. It must indeed be able to run on > the defaultMinSdkVersion for the supported cordova-android versions. > > > > Kind regards > > Pieter Van Poyer > > > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > > Van: julio cesar sanchez <jcesarmob...@gmail.com> > > Verzonden: donderdag 15 oktober 2020 00:39 > > Aan: dev@cordova.apache.org > > Onderwerp: Re: Minimum Target SDK > > > > > > > > Despite we allow users to configure the target SDK, I don’t think we > should allow other than the default on latest cordova-android. > > > > By allow I mean on issues, users are free to use whatever they want, but > if they don’t use latest they should take care of possible problems > themselves. > > With that being said, camera plugin requires latest cordova-android, so > that means target sdk 29. > > > > But also we need to have in mind that if the plugin allowed older > cordova-android versions and we add some code that requires a higher sdk > than the default on that cordova-android version we should bump the > dependency to the version that targets that sdk as default. > > > > BTW, sdk 29 is already a requirement for new apps since August, November > is for existing apps. > > > > El El mié, 14 oct 2020 a las 23:46, Norman Breau <nor...@normanbreau.com > (mailto:nor...@normanbreau.com)> > > escribió: > > > > > Hi team, > > > > > > A recent discussion came up about what the minimum Target SDK we > > > should support. Google enforces apps to be built with at least Target > > > SDK 28 (soon to be 29 coming November), but Cordova users may not be > > > publishing to the Google Play store, particularly with enterprise > > > businesses with internal distribution systems. > > > This is currently not documented and I would like it to be documented > > > because we were close to merging a PR that would make the camera > > > plugin require Target SDK 28. 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