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Support for Android 4.4.2
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I have been using and loving Locus Pro for several years for geocaching.
My (outdoors) smartphone unfortunately still has Android 4.4.2 without any option to upgrade. In the last few months more and more apps pop up, which no longer support this android version (without previous notice).
I am kind of afraid that the same might happen with Locus Pro. Therefore my question: Do you have some timeline how long this Android version will still work with Locus? Hopefully for a very long time, since I'm very content with my smartphone, and would prefer not to have to upgrade - especially not on short notice.
Greetings, Keksbande
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Good day Keksbande,
unfortunately, I'll not have good news for you .. well, partially. Other devs, like we, have bigger and bigger problems to keep apps running for older Androids while adding some necessary features and changes that works only on new Androids. So we are also very close to stop updating Locus for Android 4.x. Most probably since July/August this year, sorry.
Anyway good news ... Groundspeak (geocaching owner) force all developers to switch to a completely new system. Old system stops working 1. 5. 2019. So I've decided to implemented this change before we stop support Android 4. Thanks to this, the latest working Locus Map version should have fully functional Geocaching functions so it should work without any updates for many months, maybe even years.
I'm also against purchasing new devices just to get a new Android version, it sounds to me like total nonsense. Unfortunately, not just Google push quite hard to stop supporting this almost 6 years old system.
Thanks for understanding and hope, the latest working Locus Map version will be perfectly tuned and will stay working for as long as possible :).
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Good day Keksbande,
unfortunately, I'll not have good news for you .. well, partially. Other devs, like we, have bigger and bigger problems to keep apps running for older Androids while adding some necessary features and changes that works only on new Androids. So we are also very close to stop updating Locus for Android 4.x. Most probably since July/August this year, sorry.
Anyway good news ... Groundspeak (geocaching owner) force all developers to switch to a completely new system. Old system stops working 1. 5. 2019. So I've decided to implemented this change before we stop support Android 4. Thanks to this, the latest working Locus Map version should have fully functional Geocaching functions so it should work without any updates for many months, maybe even years.
I'm also against purchasing new devices just to get a new Android version, it sounds to me like total nonsense. Unfortunately, not just Google push quite hard to stop supporting this almost 6 years old system.
Thanks for understanding and hope, the latest working Locus Map version will be perfectly tuned and will stay working for as long as possible :).
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In my understanding, in the general context of Google play
, not compatible versions do not come even as an update possibility for manual updates.
In my understanding, in the general context of Google play
, not compatible versions do not come even as an update possibility for manual updates.
Exactly. Google Play use quite a complex system for matching "app requirement" and "device capabilities" together. So there will never happen that Google Play allows updating to an incompatible version of the application.
Exactly. Google Play use quite a complex system for matching "app requirement" and "device capabilities" together. So there will never happen that Google Play allows updating to an incompatible version of the application.
The above discussion is the "theory". In practice I had two apps in the last few weeks which updated from Google Play store without any issue on 4.4.2 and then quit working afterwards. In both cases some kind of login issue occured which did not allow to use the app afterwards. I assume that app developers have to make sure that the app brings the correct compatibilty information to play store.
The above discussion is the "theory". In practice I had two apps in the last few weeks which updated from Google Play store without any issue on 4.4.2 and then quit working afterwards. In both cases some kind of login issue occured which did not allow to use the app afterwards. I assume that app developers have to make sure that the app brings the correct compatibilty information to play store.
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