maybe <@U0DHVHB5W> has some idea here

# arrow

[pakoito]

maybe @aballano has some idea here

[aballano]

Hi @Tom Hall! Yes, if you could create an issue with a small sample I'll definitely try to check it out 😊

[Tom Hall]

Thanks @aballano! I have raised an issue: https://github.com/arrow-kt/arrow/issues/1798, let me know if there is any other information need.

[aballano]

ahhh I see the problem now, it seems we're currently supporting android 21+ only 😕

[aballano]

i'll put it as a commend and I'll talk to my colleagues to see if can put this info on the readme to avoid future issues

[Tom Hall]

ah ok! that clears that up

[Tom Hall]

ah that's a shame that Arrow doesn't support older APIs - is there any work that could be done to support pre 21? I unfortunately have to support these right now 😞

[aballano]

with this there are good and bad news I'm afraid, the bad news is that is not straightforward, because there are several parts using Java 8 APIs that were added on Android +21, and I'm not sure they can be easily changed

[aballano]

the good news is that we have a checker for that checking vs API 21 (animal sniffer), so you could try changing it to a lower version locally and see what breaks

[aballano]

Although I would have arguments to not support lower APIs than that if it's not straightforward to do so, actually not even Google is doing so in their new frameworks