[runningcode]

PR Stack (minSdk 26)

• feat(android): [minSdk 26 1] Raise minSdk from 21 to 26 #6435
• ref(android): [minSdk 26 2] Remove code made obsolete by minSdk 26 #6438

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📜 Description

This is just a pure code deletion PR.

Here's an AI summary of that it does (but you can also look at the code to see).
Removes the code that minSdk 26 (#6435) made dead, and turns the ObsoleteSdkInt lint check back on.

• @TargetApi / @RequiresApi annotations for API 26 and lower in sentry-android-core and sentry-android-replay
• Runtime checks for API levels below 26, with the pre-26 branches they guarded:
  • profilers: the API 21 guard in AndroidTransactionProfiler and AndroidContinuousProfiler
  • network: the pre-M / pre-N paths in AndroidConnectionStatusProvider, NetworkBreadcrumbsIntegration and CellularNetworkTechnologyProvider, including the deprecated NetworkInfo fallback
  • ScreenshotUtils: the canvas fallback for pre-O devices. Screenshots always use PixelCopy now. The public signatures stay as they are because hybrid SDKs call them.
  • SentryFrameMetricsCollector: the API 24 availability check, and the Choreographer frame start fallback for pre-O devices
  • FirstDrawDoneListener: the pre-26 workaround for the floating ViewTreeObserver. Its BuildInfoProvider parameter is unused now, so it's removed.
  • AppStartMetrics: the pre-M fallback for MessageQueue.addIdleHandler
  • ReplayIntegration: the "API 26 and above" registration check
• SentryRootCaSslSocketFactory and SentryRootCertificates (fix(android): Trust bundled ISRG Root X1 on API 25 and lower #6227). They only trusted the bundled ISRG Root X1 on API 25 and lower.
• Unit tests that only covered those branches

@SuppressLint("NewApi") suppressions stay. Lint does not flag them, and many cover APIs above 26.

💡 Motivation and Context

Follow-up to #6435. This touches files that change often on main, so it should land close to the v9 release to keep merges from main into 9.x.x simple.

• resolves: JAVA-547

💚 How did you test it?

passes CI

📝 Checklist

• I added GH Issue ID & Linear ID
• I added tests to verify the changes.
• No new PII added or SDK only sends newly added PII if sendDefaultPII is enabled.
• I updated the docs if needed.
• I updated the wizard if needed.
• Review from the native team if needed.
• No breaking change or entry added to the changelog.
• No breaking change for hybrid SDKs or communicated to hybrid SDKs.
• Public API changes reviewed by another Mobile SDK team member or implemented according to the develop docs spec.

🔮 Next steps

⚠️ Merge this PR using a merge commit (not squash). Only the collection branch is squash-merged into 9.x.x.

#skip-changelog

[linear-code]

JAVA-547

[sentry]

📲 Install Builds

Android

🔗 App Name	App ID	Version	Configuration
SDK Size	io.sentry.tests.size	8.62.0 (1)	release

⚙️ sentry-android Build Distribution Settings

[runningcode]

just a note that we're removing this code!

[markushi]

Nice one!