Android minimum required API version

[intonarumori]

I was wondering if setting the minimum API version to 23 would still be viable.
It looks like the MIDI stuff is available from API level 23.
https://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/midi/MidiReceiver

I've forked the library and lowered it to 23 in my app and it worked just fine on older devices.
What was the reason to go for 24?

Thanks.

[anzbert]

I've tested the FlutterMidiCommand Example App on an Android Emulator running Marshmellow 6.0 (which is API level 23) and it just crashed every single time. The first Emulator which could reliably run the Example App was Nougat 7.0 (API 24). That's how I personally arrived at a viable minimum SDK of 24, which I then recommended to @mortenboye in a recent PR.

If someone can confirm that the Example can actually run on an API 23 device, that would be great though.

edit: I am aware that MIDI should theoretically work from API 23 onwards, but practically it didn't work for me in the emulator. I didn't have access to a physical Marshmellow 6.0 device though. Did you test it on a device running that Android version?

[intonarumori]

I ran the example project on a Nexus 5 device with Android 6.0.1.

Here are some screenshots:

I've also tried to setup and Android Emulator to test the same on an M2Max Macbook but could not get it working so far:

• Was able to setup an emulator with API 23, however it was extremely slow to boot and sluggish to interact with
• Visual Studio Code was just stuck trying to launch the app, seemingly timing out

Maybe this would be easier to test on a Windows machine where there's no CPU transition going on.

[anzbert]

If it works on a physical android 6 device, I think it would be reasonable to accept API 23. Could just be an issue with that level of emulation, I guess.

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