Android 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11

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Android 7 (Nougat)

Pushlink supports Android N Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 24 since version 5.5.2 released in 2016.11.11. It requires a FileProvider in the AndroidManifest.xml, otherwise, Pushlink will not work.

<provider 
  android:name="com.pushlink.android.FileProvider" 
  android:authorities="your.package.name" 
  android:exported="true" />

Don't forget to replace your.package.name with your current application package name.

Android 8 (Oreo)

Pushlink supports Android 8 Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 26 since version 5.5.3 released in 2018.05.19. It requires new permission in the AndroidManifest.xml, otherwise, Pushlink will not work.

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES" />

Unknown sources

Note that app installations from unknown sources are disabled by default in Android Oreo. You have to authorize the specific source on the app's first installation. See: https://developer.android.com/studio/publish/#publishing-unknown

Android 9 (Pie)

Pushlink supports Android 9 but it requires to enable org.apache.http.legacy

<uses-library android:name="org.apache.http.legacy" android:required="false"/>

More info: https://developer.android.com/about/versions/pie/android-9.0-changes-28#apache-p

Android 10

Pushlink supports Android 10 and no tricks here.

Android 11

Pushlink supports Android 11. Don't forget to allow V2 signature when building the APK.

If you forget this, the installation will fail with the following message:

com.android.server.pm.PackageManagerException: No signature found in package of version 2 or newer for package...

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