Why does the Android SDK need to be at least 26?

[gaishimo]

Thank you for providing this great library!

I have a question. Why does the Android SDK need to be at least 26 to use this? That means we cannot support android 7 and below. If you have a reason, could you please tell me?

[gaishimo]

I might have understood. Is that because java.util.base64 is not supported at Nougat and below?

[craftzdog]

That's right
https://developer.android.com/reference/java/util/Base64

[gaishimo]

@craftzdog We might run even on the old versions without problem if using android.util.Base64.

Do you plan to support the old versions If I make a pull request of that and it works?

[craftzdog]

No, because I don't feel like taking care of the obsolete versions. The market share of Android 7 is < 7% now, which is not my main target.

[gaishimo]

OK:+1: Thanks for the reply.