Beja Expert Licensed User Longtime User Jan 15, 2022 #1 What's the crazy Google's idea that makes Android not backward compatible? I can still run my QB 4.5 game that I wrote and compiled in MS DOS 5, now in Windows 10? or am missing something.
What's the crazy Google's idea that makes Android not backward compatible? I can still run my QB 4.5 game that I wrote and compiled in MS DOS 5, now in Windows 10? or am missing something.
Erel B4X founder Staff member Licensed User Longtime User Jan 16, 2022 #2 I'll just add some relevant information: Worth reading this about targetSdkVersion: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/pages/results/?query=targetsdkversion There are two types of behavioral changes: - Changes that depend on targetSdkVersion. - Changes that don't depend targetSdkVersion. The first type of changes are backward compatible and the second types aren't. Most of the non-backward compatible changes are related to security / privacy features. At some point, Google decided that Google Play will not accept apps with old targetSdkVersions. From that point it became more difficult to maintain existing apps.
I'll just add some relevant information: Worth reading this about targetSdkVersion: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/pages/results/?query=targetsdkversion There are two types of behavioral changes: - Changes that depend on targetSdkVersion. - Changes that don't depend targetSdkVersion. The first type of changes are backward compatible and the second types aren't. Most of the non-backward compatible changes are related to security / privacy features. At some point, Google decided that Google Play will not accept apps with old targetSdkVersions. From that point it became more difficult to maintain existing apps.
