# Cannot run sketch on old Android kitkat device, using Processing 4 IDE

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/cannot-run-sketch-on-old-android-kitkat-device-using-processing-4-ide/46288>\
**Category:** Processing for Android\
**Created:** [April 28, 2025, 5:09pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/cannot-run-sketch-on-old-android-kitkat-device-using-processing-4-ide/46288 "2025-04-28T17:09:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![svan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@svan](https://discourse.processing.org/u/svan)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2025, 11:39am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/cannot-run-sketch-on-old-android-kitkat-device-using-processing-4-ide/46288/52 "2025-05-04T11:39:00Z")

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Here is the original forum post concerning this issue. Please check out the github discussion also and the author will explain why the original distributed code did not work:  
[https://discourse.processing.org/t/androidmode-fails-on-new-galaxy-tab-a8/41742](https://discourse.processing.org/t/androidmode-fails-on-new-galaxy-tab-a8/41742)

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