thunderbird / thunderbird/thunderbird-android

Upgrade minSDK from 23 to 24

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Description

While we have not currently decided on an upgrade plan for the minimum SDK, we will likely do it at some point in the future. This ticket is to serve as a placeholder for dependencies and issues we find that either necessitate the update to a newer minimum SDK or fail as a result of our lower SDK and keep us from updating.

Potential Breakages from Upgrading:

  • Add items here as they come in

Current Dependencies that Require an Upgrade:

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reviewing the dependency-related pull request #11475 and the repository's current minimum SDK configuration. Track dependencies or failures that require SDK 24, then document the breakages and prerequisites; this issue does not define concrete completion criteria or a finalized upgrade plan.

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Assessment

Tech stack
android, kotlin
Domain
mobile
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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