Bump minSDK to 21 and remove mistakenly submitted files adding them t… (#630)

Co-authored-by: Artak Kalantarian <artak@amazon.com>

benchmark/android/app/build.gradle

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ android {
 
     defaultConfig {
         applicationId = 'com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.maps.benchmark_runner'
-        minSdkVersion 14
+        minSdkVersion 21
         targetSdkVersion 33
         def abi = 'all'
         if (project.hasProperty('mapbox.abis')) {

platform/android/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@ MapLibre welcomes participation and contributions from everyone. Please read [`C
 
 ### 🐞 Bug fixes
 
+* Increment minSdkVersion from 14 to 21, as it covers 99.2%% of the newer devices since 2014
+*    and lessens the backward compatibility burden ([630](https://github.com/maplibre/maplibre-gl-native/pull/630))
 * Catches NaN for onMove event ([621](https://github.com/maplibre/maplibre-gl-native/pull/621))
 
 ### ⛵ Dependencies
 
-* Add your pull request...
 * Revert "Revert "Gradle update"" - Update Gradle from v3 to v7 ([#619](https://github.com/maplibre/maplibre-gl-native/pull/619))
 
 ## 9.6.0 - December 18, 2022

platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/.gitignore

@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 dependency-graph-mapbox-libraries.png
 src/test/resources/mobile-event*
+local.properties
+

platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/local.properties

@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-## This file must *NOT* be checked into Version Control Systems,
-# as it contains information specific to your local configuration.
-#
-# Location of the SDK. This is only used by Gradle.
-# For customization when using a Version Control System, please read the
-# header note.
-#Tue Dec 20 16:17:15 PST 2022
-sdk.dir=/Users/artak/Library/Android/sdk

platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDKLint/.gitignore

@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 /build
+local.properties
+

platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDKLint/local.properties

@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-## This file must *NOT* be checked into Version Control Systems,
-# as it contains information specific to your local configuration.
-#
-# Location of the SDK. This is only used by Gradle.
-# For customization when using a Version Control System, please read the
-# header note.
-#Tue Dec 20 16:17:45 PST 2022
-sdk.dir=/Users/artak/Library/Android/sdk

platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDKTestApp/.gitignore

@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 lint-baseline.xml
 lint/lint-baseline-local.xml
+local.properties
+

platform/android/gradle/dependencies.gradle

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ext {
 
     androidVersions = [
-            minSdkVersion    : 14,
+            minSdkVersion    : 21,
             targetSdkVersion : 33,
             compileSdkVersion: 33,
     ]

render-test/android/app/build.gradle

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ android {
 
     defaultConfig {
         applicationId = 'com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.maps.render_test_runner'
-        minSdkVersion 14
+        minSdkVersion 21
         targetSdkVersion 33
         def abi = 'all'
         if (project.hasProperty('mapbox.abis')) {