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1. AndStatus (andstatus@loadaverage.org)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Dec-2017 05:57:21 UTC AndStatus

   • Juanjo Faico
   • Niko of Death
   @nikoofdeath Thanks. Hope that you have at least Android 7.0, because upcoming release of #AndStatus won't support older firmware.
   BTW in Android 8.1 news I read that this newest version of #Android could be run on devices with only 1GB or RAM...
   • Cambiame a https://gnusocial.villanos.net/colegota repeated this.
   • AndStatus (andstatus@loadaverage.org)'s status on Friday, 22-Dec-2017 05:48:52 UTC AndStatus

     • Juanjo Faico
     • Yuri Volkov
     • Sorokin Alexei
     @xrevan86 In short, the decision to switch to #Android 7.0 minimum was made to motivate me, @yvolk - developer of #AndStatus, to continue active improvement of this #OpenSource application.
     I am a professional Java/Scala developer, and as a majority in our profession I need to keep my skills up-to-date. Starting from Android 7, developers can use all new and trending features of Java 8 and modern application approaches, including functional programming. Especially after mastering #Scala I simply cannot use outdated language patterns... As one of my colleagues put it: I simply cannot afford writing for free something that is not a "Cutting edge".
     I think that this is not bad for all of us in the long run?!
     Cambiame a https://gnusocial.villanos.net/colegota repeated this.
   • AndStatus (andstatus@loadaverage.org)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Dec-2017 05:24:46 UTC AndStatus

     • Juanjo Faico
     • Wolfgang Romey
     @hier Current version of #AndStatus is 35.06, and it can be used for Android devices v.4.4+ as long as you need.
     Next version will be for newer devices/firmware, and this is natural cause of software evolution.
     Sadly, but I also had to buy new tablet for myself in order to use newer applications...
   • AndStatus (andstatus@loadaverage.org)'s status on Thursday, 28-Dec-2017 08:19:35 UTC AndStatus

     • Juanjo Faico
     • Wolfgang Romey
     @hier So far no security updates of #AndStatus itself were ever needed. All security-related changes were caused by changes at a server side, which required network protocol changes for client applications including AndStatus.
     I don't think similar protocol changes will be implemented in older versions of AndStatus.
     What you may really need are security updates for Android firmware on your device.