Dropping support for Android KitKat
Summary
#Flutter's minimum supported Android version is now Lollipop (API 21). Beginning with Flutter's 3.22 stable release, Flutter will no longer work on devices running Android KitKat (API 19).
Context
#The context, purpose, and description of this deprecation can be found in the go/rfc-android-k-deprecation design document.
Migration guide
#
Flutter developers targeting Android will need to increase the
minSdkVersion in their build.gradle and AndroidManifest.xml
files
from 19 to at least 21.
Timeline
#In stable release: 3.22
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