# Android app crashes if Chrome is not installed

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/android-app-crashes-if-chrome-is-not-installed/52765>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Tags:** android-app\
**Created:** [2016 年11 月 10 日 14:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/android-app-crashes-if-chrome-is-not-installed/52765 "2016-11-10T14:35:02Z")\
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作者： ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
发布日期： [2016 年11 月 11 日 00:53 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/android-app-crashes-if-chrome-is-not-installed/52765/12 "2016-11-11T00:53:03Z")

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The other thing to bear in mind is that devices locked to Android 4.2 or earlier – and cannot be upgraded – are likely to be far too slow to offer a reasonable experience in Discourse anyway.

Discourse _itself_ was not available until Feb 2013, and Android 4.3 was released July 2013.

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