[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] Bump minimum required version of Android to 5.0

[Matthieu Bouron]

On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 2:17 PM Zhao Zhili <quinkblack at foxmail.com> wrote:
>
> We don’t have a minimum required version of Android in FFmpeg.
> libavdevice/android_camera requires Android 7, Java MediaCodec
> requires Android 4.1, and NDK MediaCodec requires Android 5.0.
>
> Without an explicit version, it’s unclear for development and test.
>
> Android 5.0 is released in 2014, is it OK to bump the minimum required
> version to Android 5.0, or any other version you prefer?

I'm OK with bumping the requirements to 5.0, especially if that helps
with maintenance (I dont have nor work with devices < 8.1).