We don't test anything besides the targetSdk, and have received multiple issues about servo not working on older android versions (like 11 or 12). Hence we bump the `minSdk` version, which should give users better errors, that their android version is too old. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Schwender <schwenderjonathan@gmail.com>
We don't test anything besides the targetSdk, and have received multiple issues about servo not working on older android versions (like 11 or 12). Hence we bump the `minSdk` version, which should give users better errors, that their android version is too old. This could be reverted later if someone investigates and fixes the errors on older android versions. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Schwender <schwenderjonathan@gmail.com>
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android: Bump minSdk to 34
android: Bump minSdk to 33
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Jul 1, 2026Android 33+ sets the TMPDIR environment variable, but on older versions it's unset. This leads to a crash on older android versions where the fallback is outside the app sandbox (/data/local/tmp). This allows us to lower the minSdk version and probably the default config directory should never have been TMPDIR in the first place, since that's not persistent. I tested with a Pixel 4 emulator API-29, and servoshell seems to work fine. However, our current build system uses API-30 NDK, so for now we just restore API-30 support. A follow-up PR could choose a lower NDK version, and thus lower our minSDK version further. But ideally we add CI testing first. This PR effectively reverts servo#46104 and fixes the crash on older devices. Testing: We don't have automatic tests for android in CI. Fixes: servo#46115 Signed-off-by: Jonathan Schwender <schwenderjonathan@gmail.com>