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They actually can figure that out, though [0]. I hope this can solve some of it because their deployment model is the dumbest fucking thing. I'm glad they figured out how to backport async/await, it's just impossible to use in a serious library otherwise.
[0] https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/main/proposals...
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Some input as an Android dev: the API level stuff is not nearly as much as a problem as it was some years ago. Nowadays you can easily require 23 or 25 (see https://apilevels.com/) - since 23, there were definitely some changes, but not terribly big ones that are really painful.
I'm rather getting a headache with new form factors (window insets, foldables, tablets being revived).
Also: Usually all google libs are backwards compatible to 21. The new ui system (Compose) just gets shipped with the app itself, increasing download/installation size. Apple does not do this afaik, they require a recent minimum OS version for compose ui.