Do you have any idea <@UGCM6H67J>?

# android

[Sergey]

Do you have any idea @Kris Wong?

[Kris Wong]

i have an idea that i haven't cared about Froyo in about 5 years 😛

[jw]

ServiceLoader is API 9+

[jw]

There's no reason to support Froyo devices

[Sergey]

is there any other way to throw new threads not using GlobalScope in Froyo devices?

[jw]

Do you use R8? It will optimize away the ServiceLoader usage automatically in AGP 3.6 or newer (with coroutines 1.3.0)

[Sergey]

I use r-link 2

[louiscad]

If you can't use R8 and really, reaaaly need to run below API 9, you can copy paste the following code: https://github.com/LouisCAD/Splitties/blob/de82f24a60bb92198a120634971c41e86dc72c24/modules/lifecycle-coroutines/src/androidMain/kotlin/splitties/lifecycle/coroutines/AndroidMainDispatcher.kt#L21 plus val mainHandler = Handler(Looper.mainLooper()) to make it compile.

That will allow you to use Dispatchers.MainAndroid which doesn't depend on ServiceLoader.

[alexsullivan114]

Serious question: Why would you need to support froyo?

[Sergey]

I need to make an app running from api v8

[alexsullivan114]

but why? Is there some hardware you're trying to interact with?

[Kris Wong]

maybe he's making an app to run on the devices at the Museum of Android History 😂

[Yury Lunev]

Guys, stuff like Renault cars tend to have long development cycles (7+ years) hence old Androids on them. And someone has to support them 😉

[louiscad]

This has changed since project treble (Android 8+). There's now Android Automotive

[louiscad]

Android 2.2 on a car: LOL

[rkeazor]

Api 8, no one left on earth has that 😅

[deviant]

old good memories. my first android device was on 2.2
still the best version imho (or just a baby duck syndrome)

[Umur Kaya]

wow,impressive. I can't believe there are some people working on these apis still.

[louiscad]

Can't even use AndroidX, nor the old support libraries that were API 9+ then API 14+ 😬

[efemoney]

Sounds like a tough life.