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PR Stack (minSdk 26)

• feat(android): [minSdk 26 1] Raise minSdk from 21 to 26 #6435
• ref(android): [minSdk 26 2] Remove code made obsolete by minSdk 26 #6438

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📜 Description

Collection branch for raising the Android minSdk from 21 to 26 in v9. The stack PRs are merge-committed into this branch, and this PR is squash-merged into 9.x.x.

💡 Motivation and Context

• resolves: Raise minSdkVersion from 21 to 26 in the next major release #5508
• resolves: JAVA-547

💚 How did you test it?

See the stack PRs.

📝 Checklist

• I added GH Issue ID & Linear ID
• I added tests to verify the changes.
• No new PII added or SDK only sends newly added PII if sendDefaultPII is enabled.
• I updated the docs if needed.
• I updated the wizard if needed.
• Review from the native team if needed.
• No breaking change or entry added to the changelog.
• No breaking change for hybrid SDKs or communicated to hybrid SDKs.
• Public API changes reviewed by another Mobile SDK team member or implemented according to the develop docs spec.

🔮 Next steps

• Update the minimum API level in the docs and the hybrid SDKs

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- Raise minSdk from 21 to 26 ([#6434](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/6434))

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🔗 App Name	App ID	Version	Configuration
SDK Size	io.sentry.tests.size	8.62.0 (1)	release

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