Aws-sdk-android: AWS Auth compatibility for API 22 and lower

[anggrayudi]

Hi there, please add compatibility for pre-Marshmallow devices, i.e. API 22 and lower to these dependencies:

gradle implementation ('com.amazonaws:aws-android-sdk-auth-ui:2.6.20@aar') { transitive = true } implementation ('com.amazonaws:aws-android-sdk-auth-google:2.6.20@aar') { transitive = true }

Targetting API 23 for development is a bad choice because it just has 39.3% of market share. We developers need at least API 18 which has 91.4% of market share. You cannot force us to use the latest API. We want to develop our apps accross the worlds.

I am sure that you have a smart team and will add this compatibility soon.

This is the error message I got after using those dependencies:

Manifest merger failed : uses-sdk:minSdkVersion 18 cannot be smaller than version 23 declared in library [com.amazonaws:aws-android-sdk-auth-ui:2.6.20] as the library might be using APIs not available in 18

[devganiyahitesh1]

+1

[ICommandMachinesObey]

+1
Should support API 16 as well, lot of people in third world countries have devices with API 16.

[KhaledSoliman]

+1
At least make the Auth part API 18 and higher otherwise it has no use in developing countries which by default kills a lot of markets.

[iPaulPro]

Minimum should be API 21 at least.

Guys, it's simply not worth supporting anything under API 19 anymore. In fact, I don't believe anyone should spend time supporting anything under 21, at this point. However, API 23 as a minimum is extremely aggressive and almost-certainly not necessary.

[frankmuellr]

Hello @anggrayudi,

I have added this as a feature request in our backlog and have submitted it to the team for prioritization. I do not have specific timeline that I can share at this point. We will let you know, either on this thread, or through a forum announcement when the feature is released in the SDK.

[cadam7]

+1

[anggrayudi]

@muellerfr Well, it is over than a month and no update. Everyone actually can't wait too long.

[palpatim]

Re-opening this feature request so we can continue to gather community interest in this feature, to help us accurately prioritize it against other work on the SDK.

[drwjf]

Minimum should be API 21 at least. Please.

[markorakita]

I understand that aws-android-sdk-auth-ui requires API 23, but I don't understand why does aws-android-sdk-auth-google require API 23 when aws-android-sdk-auth-facebook requires only API 15? It seems really unnecessary.

If we don't use your hosted UI, if we provide our own UI and just call federatedSignIn() from AWSMobileClient, can we use aws-android-sdk-auth-google and force usage with tools:overrideLibrary="com.amazonaws.mobile.auth.google"?

[anggrayudi]

@minbi It's been 8 months and nothing's changed. I don't know what's wrong with AWS Amplify team. Is it difficult to change minSdkVersion to 21 for aws-android-sdk-auth-google? Is this repository completely an open source project so that Amazon does not need to pay you? Or do you lack of members so that you can't handle this large project with a small team? Let me know if I can join you.

You are going to lose with Firebase soon. They always listen to their customers. I am frustated watching this slow team.

[DonPepone]

For which reason the min sdk is 23? I didn't find a specific class or functionality requiring min sdk 23.
It's a considerable constraint unless you write you owns UI. But you loose one of the advantages to adopt the framework.

[iPaulPro]

This is not a feature request. It's a common sense change that should have never been an issue. It's honestly ridiculous that we're still waiting for this. It's almost a year now.

[TechTeam12]

Any update on this? This is a major issue with the API since many devices still run Lollipop.
I do understand that 23 is used for the ui tests. But there has to be a solution here, right?

[hummatli]

Android Studio offers 16+ for basic Android App. I think the supprot has to SDK 16+

[SoyJorgeDiaz5]

2020 and still waiting for this update, I agree with @iPaulPro and @drwjf, at least API 21 :(

[dakshsrivastava-papajohns]

I understand that aws-android-sdk-auth-ui requires API 23, but I don't understand why does aws-android-sdk-auth-google require API 23 when aws-android-sdk-auth-facebook requires only API 15? It seems really unnecessary.

If we don't use your hosted UI, if we provide our own UI and just call federatedSignIn() from AWSMobileClient, can we use aws-android-sdk-auth-google and force usage with tools:overrideLibrary="com.amazonaws.mobile.auth.google"?

Did anyone try this if it works?

[anggrayudi]

@dakshsrivastava-papajohns I tried. It causes runtime crash.

[danielwilson1702]

Well this is a load of nonsense - I cannot use the S3 transfer functionality because of some auth library I have no interest in has a min sdk of 23 (for apparently no good reason either?)

We are stuck with a min sdk of 17 developing for a large POS company that simply cannot update their devices. I guess I will have to try and manually upload files.

[iPaulPro]

Yeah these Amazon devs clearly don't care about issues here since they just use webviews for their awful apps.

It's been years and no answer.

[jpignata]

Howdy! Amazon dev here. Sorry for the long radio silence on this issue – I'd be frustrated, too. We're discussing the best way to approach the concerns in this issue right now and will work on this over the week to provide a more substantive update.

@danielwilson1702 The only sign-in/sign-up methods which currently require API level 23+ are the drop-in UI (aws-android-sdk-auth-ui) and Google federated sign-in (aws-android-sdk-auth-google). If you authenticate with any of the other methods, you can exclude those dependencies and use minSdkVersion 15.

Happy to chat via text if you have time via Discord or other medium. Contact details are in my README.

[TrekSoft]

This issue has been resolved and the dependencies lowered to API 15