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Published 20 hours ago • verified publisher icon pacien

Support for older Android versions

Open dopsi opened this issue 7 years ago • 2 comments

When trying to install this app on Android 4.4.4, I get an package processing error (Un problème est survenu lors de l'analyse du package.). I downloaded the APK from your website directly (it does show greyed out in F-Droid).

I assume this is an API/SDK version problem. Could you build the app for Android 4.4 (api 19) ? Or is there any functionnality that requires API 21 ?

dopsi avatar Sep 23 '17 12:09 dopsi

Hello, the app uses some features requiring an API level >=21. Contributions to make it backward compatible are welcomed.

pacien avatar Sep 23 '17 15:09 pacien

The underlying tinc daemon and its dependencies (libressl) successfully compile for Android down to API 14 (ICS) thanks to PR #32.

However, it is not possible to bypass the VPN using addDisallowedApplication on API <21. Immediate consequence is that tinc connexions to other daemons will be routed in the VPN itself. Using protect is not possible as it would require heavy modifications in native space. Using exclusive routes is not possible either as they must be defined before the VPN service starts on Android.

Ideas to work around this issue are welcome.

pacien avatar Nov 06 '17 14:11 pacien