Flutter app for 10 years old devices

Hi, I need to develop app for 10 years old devices (Android and iOS). I want to use:

  • Java 8
  • Gradle 7.3.1
  • Gradle Wrapper 7.4
  • Kotlin 1.7.10

How Can I install an environment to develop on Mac with VS Code? Should I install an older version of Android studio? which components should I use?

This forum is about Flutter. That said, I’ve tried to run Flutter on Zebra MC40 devices from 2015, (Android 4) and at least in 2020 (Flutter V 1.22), the performance of the device was not good enough.

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To set up your environment for older devices on Mac with VS Code, you can start by installing Java 8 and Gradle 7.3.1 manually. For Kotlin, make sure to include the Kotlin plugin in your build.gradle file. You don’t necessarily need an older version of Android Studio, but you can use the SDK tools to target older APIs. Just ensure you have the right SDK versions installed for compatibility.

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Flutter 3.27.0 supports Android SDK 21, which corresponds to Android 5.
Android SDK 19 was dropped in 3.22.0, so you should be fine with Flutter 3.19.0.

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