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A Hard Lesson, You Need Android 6.0 or Higher for the New Mapillary App
Posted by apm-wa on 2 November 2019 in English.Since departing Ashgabat, I have not collected much imagery, but anticipating that I will get back into it soon, I decided to invest in a dedicated smart phone just for that purpose–nothing fancy, just something with enough RAM not to crash and able to accommodate a large SD card for storing images. The Mapillary website advises that the requirement for the Mapillary app is Android 4.0 or higher, so I bought a gently used, relatively inexpensive older model Samsung smartphone with Android 4.3. However, Google Play informed me that my newly acquired phone is incompatible with the Mapillary app since it requires Android 6.0 or higher. Google Play refused to install it, so I now have an extra Android smartphone which is essentially useless for the purpose for which I bought it!
Yes, I have pinged Mapillary and asked that its website be updated.
Discussion
Comment from freebeer on 3 November 2019 at 08:00
i’ve never allowed google services on my android tablet, so i’m able to visit the alternatives like https://apkpure.com/mapillary/app.mapillary which confirms the latest does indeed have 6.0 minimum requirement.
however i see this is fairly recent, as not too far back the requirement was for 4.0.3 ice cream sandwich, ending with
* V3.152 29.5 MB APK
Mapillary
2019-07-27
Mapillary 3.152 (452)
Update on: 2019-07-27
Requires Android: Android 4.0.3+ (Ice Cream Sandwich MR1, API 15)
Signature: ac9dee4dbc1006786bebef4497a66e5946dd926c Mapillary
3.152(452) safe verified
if you feel comfortable hashing your manual download signature and granting permission to install random apks, this may put your samsung back to use.
my tablet sez 4.0.3, so other than i use it as no more than an x-server display with great pain, i could try it to verify the claims of these older versions.
Comment from philippec on 3 November 2019 at 13:06
Really ? You should have bought an action camera.
Comment from seav on 6 November 2019 at 09:12
Google is deprecating Android 4 so it has been asking app developers to target at least Android 5 nowadays when apps are updated.