[Users] Android 4.4 and older support

[Matthias Kuhn]

And here is the link to the download for the Android 4.4 release 
(citation [1] in the original email)

https://github.com/opengisch/QField/releases/tag/release-0.11.90

Best regards

Matthias

On 5/5/20 1:58 PM, Matthias Kuhn wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> QField is currently available for many Android versions.
>
> There are apks download that (claim to) support back to API level 9 
> (Android 2.3).
>
> We are convinced that technology should be used for as long as 
> possible and planned obsolescence hurts our society and planet.
>
> In recent feedbacks through google play we noticed that there are many 
> terrible feedbacks for old versions (Android 4.4 and older) where the 
> app does not even start any more. Please note, that due to technical 
> restrictions out of our control it's not possible to upload new 
> versions for these devices. All we do is continue to serve old (pre 
> 1.0) apks.
>
> To protect people from downloading old versions which do not work as 
> expected, we would like to remove these old apks from the play store 
> by end of May 2020. They will continue to be available from the 
> release download page [1] for the future.
>
> We hope that this has no inconveniences for anyone
>
> Kind regards and happy mapping
>
> Matthias
>
>
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