Software requirements

This release of the

BlackBerry Dynamics Bindings for Microsoft.Android

is compatible with the 10.0.x, 11.0.x, and 11.1.x releases of the SDK. However, the project must be migrated from Xamarin.Android to

Microsoft.Android

. For more information, see Upgrade from Xamarin to .NET in the Microsoft documentation.

The latest compatible version of the

BlackBerry Dynamics SDK for Android

is bundled with the SDK.

Android

9.0 or later

33.0.95 or later

17.6.6 or later

29

33

33

Apps must use the

Android

X support NuGets to compile successfully. The SDK supports the following minimum versions. It is strongly recommended to use the latest stable version of each library, with the required dependencies:

Xamarin.AndroidX.AppCompat:1.2.0.4
Xamarin.AndroidX.CardView:1.0.0.5
Xamarin.AndroidX.ConstraintLayout:1.1.3.2
Xamarin.AndroidX.Core:1.3.0.3
Xamarin.AndroidX.Legacy.Support.V4:1.0.0.5
Xamarin.Androidx.Preference:1.1.1.5
Xamarin.AndroidX.RecyclerView:1.1.0.5

The SDK uses

Google Play

Services version 17.0.0 to support some of its functionality. If your app uses the following

Google Play

Services libraries, verify that you are using the following minimum version or later:

Xamarin.GooglePlayServices.SafetyNet:117.0.0
Xamarin.GooglePlayServices.Location:117.0.0

To target Android API 31 or higher, you must install JDK 11. For more details, see the information from Microsoft. Use the latest available

Microsoft.Android

version and microsoft-11.jdk  distributed with

Visual Studio

. For more information, see How do I update the Java Development Kit (JDK) version?.

Package visibility updates were made to address changes in

Android

11 to how apps query and interact with other apps that are installed on the same device. These changes impact apps with the target SDK level set to

Android

11 or later only (targetSDKLevel=Android 11). If a

BlackBerry Dynamics

app is not upgraded to the latest SDK version and you change the target SDK level to

Android

11, the app cannot communicate with other

BlackBerry Dynamics

apps on the same device, breaking interoperability features (Easy Activation, authentication delegation, and so on).

Apps that target

Android

11 are able to perform interoperability operations with the apps that don't target

Android

11. Apps that are not targeted to

Android

11 can run on

Android

11 and are not affected by the package visibility restrictions.

The

BlackBerry Dynamics Launcher

is a user-friendly interface that allows users to easily access and switch between

BlackBerry Dynamics

apps, configure app settings, and take advantage of other useful features. For more information, see the BlackBerry Dynamics Launcher Framework documentation.

The

BlackBerry Dynamics SDK

and the

BlackBerry Dynamics Launcher Library

are mutually dependent. See the BlackBerry Dynamics SDK for Android Release Notes for the required version of the BlackBerry Dynamics Launcher Library.