Guard continuous profiling on API < 35

sentry-android-core/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/core/AndroidOptionsInitializer.java

@@ -326,6 +326,16 @@ private static void setupProfiler(
       if (appStartTransactionProfiler != null) {
         appStartTransactionProfiler.close();
       }
+      if (buildInfoProvider.getSdkInfoVersion() < Build.VERSION_CODES.VANILLA_ICE_CREAM) {
+        options
+            .getLogger()
+            .log(SentryLevel.INFO, "Continuous profiling is disabled on API levels below 35.");
+        if (appStartContinuousProfiler != null) {
+          appStartContinuousProfiler.close(true);
+        }
+        options.setContinuousProfiler(NoOpContinuousProfiler.getInstance());
+        return;
+      }
       if (appStartContinuousProfiler != null) {
         options.setContinuousProfiler(appStartContinuousProfiler);
         // If the profiler is running, we start the performance collector too, otherwise we'd miss

sentry-android-core/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/core/SentryPerformanceProvider.java

@@ -155,6 +155,10 @@ private void createAndStartContinuousProfiler(
       final @NotNull Context context,
       final @NotNull SentryAppStartProfilingOptions profilingOptions,
       final @NotNull AppStartMetrics appStartMetrics) {
+    if (buildInfoProvider.getSdkInfoVersion() < Build.VERSION_CODES.VANILLA_ICE_CREAM) {
+      logger.log(SentryLevel.INFO, "Continuous profiling is disabled on API levels below 35.");
+      return;
+    }
 
     if (!profilingOptions.isContinuousProfileSampled()) {
       logger.log(SentryLevel.DEBUG, "App start profiling was not sampled. It will not start.");

sentry-android-core/src/test/java/io/sentry/android/core/AndroidOptionsInitializerTest.kt

@@ -497,6 +497,15 @@ class AndroidOptionsInitializerTest {
     assertNull(AppStartMetrics.getInstance().appStartContinuousProfiler)
   }
 
+  @Config(sdk = [Build.VERSION_CODES.UPSIDE_DOWN_CAKE])
+  @Test
+  fun `init with continuous profiling on API below 35 sets no-op continuous profiler`() {
+    fixture.initSut(useRealContext = true)
+
+    assertEquals(NoOpTransactionProfiler.getInstance(), fixture.sentryOptions.transactionProfiler)
+    assertEquals(NoOpContinuousProfiler.getInstance(), fixture.sentryOptions.continuousProfiler)
+  }
+
   @Test
   fun `NdkIntegration will load SentryNdk class and add to the integration list`() {
     fixture.initSutWithClassLoader(

sentry-android-core/src/test/java/io/sentry/android/core/SentryPerformanceProviderTest.kt

@@ -290,6 +290,16 @@ class SentryPerformanceProviderTest {
     assertNull(AppStartMetrics.getInstance().appStartContinuousProfiler)
   }
 
+  @Test
+  fun `when sdk is below api 35, continuous profiler is not started`() {
+    fixture.getSut(sdkVersion = Build.VERSION_CODES.UPSIDE_DOWN_CAKE) { config ->
+      writeConfig(config, profilingEnabled = false, continuousProfilingEnabled = true)
+    }
+    assertNull(AppStartMetrics.getInstance().appStartContinuousProfiler)
+    verify(fixture.logger)
+      .log(eq(SentryLevel.INFO), eq("Continuous profiling is disabled on API levels below 35."))
+  }
+
   @Test
   fun `when provider is closed, continuous profiler is stopped`() {
     val provider = fixture.getSut { config -> writeConfig(config, profilingEnabled = false) }