New requirement for Android: Target SDK: 26

[luigi37]

Hi,
I've just read this:
https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2017/12/improving-app-security-and-performance.html

In which it's mentioned that by August we will need to use a target SDK of 26

Currently it's 25...

Would that affect the functionality of this plugin being linked to a specific cordova and android version?

[vbraun]

One thing that I found out the hard way with 26 is that you now have to call NotificationManager.createNotificationChannel(), ideally during plugin initialization. Otherwise you get either nothing, or a toast telling you that you must create a channel (the latter is a switch in the Android developer setting). I hacked it into my own fork at vbraun@c57c3db. Note that the channel also carries a human-readable name, which probably should be configurable in a polished solution.

[luigi37]

Thanks vbraun. I understand you have been succesfully compiling and running Android app with higher cordova and platform versions.
Which versions did you use for

• cordova
• platform android
• platform ios
  ?
  Thanks a lot
  Luigi

[vbraun]

I'm using it with cordova 6.5.0, cordova-android 6.4.0, no ios. I haven't updated cordova yet since I'm using another plugin that doesn't support >=7 yet...

[luigi37]

Thanks.
Mentioned here
#40
We should get an update for new versions

[luigi37]

Hi all, anyone could compile properly with API 26?
August deadline is approaching soon for the Google store....

[luigi37]

Hi all, just in case anyone is interested... in reality nothing is needed to be compliant with the Google Play store except adding to config.xml the two lines

<preference name="android-minSdkVersion" value="16" />
<preference name="android-targetSdkVersion" value="26" />

No change in the rest and no need to update Cordova or Android platform..

So, as per today I confirm all works good with Android 8.0 and iOS 11.4 (iPhone 5S) with
Cordova 7.0.1
android 6.2.3
ios 4.5.0
cordova-plugin-fcm 3.0.3 "FCMPlugin"

[luigi37]

Note... only target version is needed, don't put also min-version at 26 or you will be able to serve only few devices...