Is it safe if i only target armeabi devices and not x86 devices

Question

I am using some external dependencies in my app, those apps have some .so files but those .so files are not available for x86_64.

So play store does not upload apk and give following error message.

This release is not compliant with the Google Play 64-bit requirement

So i split apk and created following apks.

   splits {
        abi {
            enable true
            reset()
            include  'armeabi-v7a','arm64-v8a'
            universalApk false
        }
    }

If i upload these 2 apks, play store successfully uploads the apk.

Now my question is that is it fine to not upload x86 apk.

MatPag · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-21T15:13:11.083

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Yes it's fine.

What will happen is that people with x86 and x86_64 devices will not find your app in the Play Store.

An exhaustive list of x86 devices can be took using gsmarena filter at this link: https://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?sFreeText=INTEL&sOSes=2

You can ignore x86 devices for now if your are not aiming at running your app in the default emulator/genymotion or x86 environments

edited Aug 21 '19 at 15:13

answered Aug 21 '19 at 11:26

MatPag

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Thanks MatPag, I read somewhere that last device released for x86 was for Jellybean OS, is it true? – dev90 Aug 21 '19 at 11:40
No, it's not true. Some Zenfone were upgradable to Lollipop too. Like this one: https://www.gsmarena.com/asus_zenfone_5_a501cg_(2015)-7160.php (check the Platform section) – MatPag Aug 21 '19 at 11:44
Thanks, can you also check this question asked by my colleague. https://stackoverflow.com/q/57587816/2541348 – dev90 Aug 21 '19 at 12:18

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 21 '19 at 11:18

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Your app won't be accessible in Play Market for devices based on x86_64 architecture. But it's very unlikely because most of smartphones are based on Arm

answered Aug 21 '19 at 11:18

Dmytro Batyuk

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Is there any way i can know which devices are x86 supported – dev90 Aug 21 '19 at 11:19
There is no proved source. I have googled it and have not found they are common – Dmytro Batyuk Aug 21 '19 at 11:26

Is it safe if i only target armeabi devices and not x86 devices

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