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I don't understand why that is an "or"? How does dropping support for older Android TV versions fix the problem for updating on regular Android?
by _ea1k 3y ago
I don't understand why that is an "or"? How does dropping support for older Android TV versions fix the problem for updating on regular Android?
- SAI_Peregrinus 3y agoGoogle doesn't allow apps on the Play Store that support deprecated API versions.
- _ea1k 3y agoBut they do if you give them your signing keys? I still don't understand the "or".
- SAI_Peregrinus 3y agoWhen Google signs your app, they build the .apk bundle. JVM bytecode can be optimized without needing the source (Java or Kotlin). They actually build & sign several different bundles for different devices, optimizing each for the particular target (API level), and then serve the correct one when it's installed via the Play store. When they do this, they optimize out any calls to legacy API functions, and don't build bundles for those API versions.