Restore Android 6 support (seems to work fine w/ two line change) #748

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2026-04-24T23:36:39+02:00

adam commented

2026-04-24 23:36:39 +02:00

Originally created by @spieden on GitHub (Nov 10, 2023).

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

I want to use cheap old Android phones as dedicated audiobook players

Describe the solution you'd like

Android 6 support was dropped about a year back, seemingly when taking on an ffmpeg dep that supports it in an LTS version. Can we just use that version to get it back?

Describe alternatives you've considered

Paying more for an Android 7 phone

Originally created by @spieden on GitHub (Nov 10, 2023). ### Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. I want to use cheap old Android phones as dedicated audiobook players ### Describe the solution you'd like Android 6 support was dropped about a year back, seemingly when taking on an ffmpeg dep that supports it in an LTS version. Can we just use that version to get it back? ### Describe alternatives you've considered Paying more for an Android 7 phone

adam added the enhancement label 2026-04-24 23:36:39 +02:00

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2026-04-24 23:36:40 +02:00

adam commented

2026-04-24 23:36:41 +02:00

@spieden commented on GitHub (Nov 10, 2023):

Here's a PR: #935

@spieden commented on GitHub (Nov 10, 2023): Here's a PR: #935

adam commented

2026-04-24 23:36:41 +02:00

@advplyr commented on GitHub (Nov 10, 2023):

I've been thinking of moving in the opposite direction because ~99% of the active users are on Android 9 or up and we have to test these older android versions

@advplyr commented on GitHub (Nov 10, 2023): I've been thinking of moving in the opposite direction because ~99% of the active users are on Android 9 or up and we have to test these older android versions

adam commented

2026-04-24 23:36:42 +02:00

@spieden commented on GitHub (Nov 11, 2023):

Ahh too bad but makes sense I guess. It's nice for kids to be able to give them cheap single purpose devices like dedicated audio book players from old Android phones. That's what I'm doing and it's working really nicely from a build I did of the PR branch.

@spieden commented on GitHub (Nov 11, 2023): Ahh too bad but makes sense I guess. It's nice for kids to be able to give them cheap single purpose devices like dedicated audio book players from old Android phones. That's what I'm doing and it's working really nicely from a build I did of the PR branch.

adam commented

2026-04-24 23:36:43 +02:00

@spieden commented on GitHub (Nov 11, 2023):

Maybe official support and testing could be dropped but the minimum API version could be lowered to allow installing official builds on Android 6? Anybody on an operating system that old has to expect some potential issues anyway.

I can try to keep the unofficial support going with PRs for as long as it makes sense.

@spieden commented on GitHub (Nov 11, 2023): Maybe official support and testing could be dropped but the minimum API version could be lowered to allow installing official builds on Android 6? Anybody on an operating system that old has to expect some potential issues anyway. I can try to keep the unofficial support going with PRs for as long as it makes sense.

adam commented

2026-04-24 23:36:43 +02:00

@advplyr commented on GitHub (Feb 25, 2024):

This isn't going to be supported, also commented in #935

@advplyr commented on GitHub (Feb 25, 2024): This isn't going to be supported, also commented in #935

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Reference: starred/audiobookshelf-app#748