We would like to use Couchbase Lite for a project, but we have to support a device that is stuck with Android 4.2, API 17.
Currently the documentation state that you support API 19.
I tried to dig in the Github project but I did not find a reason why you support this specific version. (The change says nothing).
My question is: are you supporting API 19 because you don’t want to have to take care of lower versions, or is there a technical reason that would completely prevent us from using it on version 17?
Thanks
Whoah. 17? That’s a while ago!
Couchbase Lite may work for you. I can’t think of anything, right off hand, that would cause a problem.
We build with minSDK 19, and we haven’t tried, let alone tested on anything <19, so you are on your own.
You certainly could build your own version with the minSDK = 17 and just deal with anything that broke…
-blake
There were a few technical reasons when we switched from 16 to 19, but I really can’t remember what they are anymore and they mostly have to do with stuff in the NDK as opposed to the SDK I think. Like Blake said the best thing to do is to try compiling it and see if anything misbehaves.
I know… This is a very specific device. I wish they had updated at some point.
Thanks both for your answers. We will try to use the provided version, or recompile if needed, and see how it goes!