I have a paid app on the Google Play Store and have been using the LVL library for the past two years. In the past, I tested my app on multiple devices including Android V2.3.5 (Gingerbread), V4.4 (KitKat) and V5.1 (Lollipop), everything worked fine connecting to the google license server.
Recently, I retested on all my Android devices and found the license verification library runs perfectly on Android V4.4 and V5.1 but I can't make a successful connection from the V2.3.5 (Gingerbread) device (Motorola Electrify).
I get a responseCode = 0x101 (ERROR_CONTACTING_SERVER) in the verify() callback on the older v2.3.5 device - appears to time out connecting. I tried several accounts and both fail in the same way on the older Gingerbread platforms.
I also tested earlier APK files that used to work and they fail now also.
Did support for older Android OS versions get dropped over the past year?
Is there something I need to change to support the older devices?
Thanks in advance,
Phil
SDK LVL code
class LicenseValidator {
...
public void verify(PublicKey publicKey, int responseCode, String signedData, String signature) {
String userId = null;
// Skip signature check for unsuccessful requests
ResponseData data = null;
if (responseCode == LICENSED || responseCode == NOT_LICENSED ||
responseCode == LICENSED_OLD_KEY) {
// Verify signature.
...
switch (responseCode) {
case LICENSED:
case LICENSED_OLD_KEY:
int limiterResponse = mDeviceLimiter.isDeviceAllowed(userId);
handleResponse(limiterResponse, data);
break;
case NOT_LICENSED:
handleResponse(Policy.NOT_LICENSED, data);
break;
case ERROR_CONTACTING_SERVER:
Log.w(TAG, "Error contacting licensing server.");
handleResponse(Policy.RETRY, data);
break;
case ERROR_SERVER_FAILURE:
Log.w(TAG, "An error has occurred on the licensing server.");
handleResponse(Policy.RETRY, data);
break;
