---
title: "Checking for device compatibility"
canonical_url: "https://www.nutrient.io/guides/android/faq/check-for-compatibility/"
md_url: "https://www.nutrient.io/guides/android/faq/check-for-compatibility.md"
last_updated: "2026-05-25T14:09:00.194Z"
description: "System requirements and compatibility information for Nutrient Android SDK, including supported versions and dependencies."
---

You can include Nutrient in applications that will be distributed to devices not supported by Nutrient. In such a case, `Nutrient.initialize()` will throw [`NutrientInitializationFailedException`](https://www.nutrient.io/api/android/nutrient/com.pspdfkit.exceptions/-nutrient-initialization-failed-exception/index.html), which you must catch and handle appropriately:

### KOTLIN

```kotlin

try {
    Nutrient.initialize(context, LICENSE)
} catch (e : NutrientInitializationFailedException) {
    Log.e(LOG_TAG, "Current device is not compatible with Nutrient!")
}

```

### JAVA

```java

try {
    Nutrient.initialize(context, LICENSE);
} catch (NutrientInitializationFailedException e) {
    Log.e(LOG_TAG, "Current device is not compatible with Nutrient!");
}

```
---

## Related pages

- [About Memory Usage](/guides/android/memory-and-storage/about-memory-usage.md)
- [Customizing The Page Number](/guides/android/customizing-pdf-pages/customizing-the-page-number.md)
- [Framework Size](/guides/android/faq/framework-size.md)
- [Managing data storage and privacy in Android](/guides/android/best-practices/data-storage-and-privacy.md)
- [Remove all Android logging calls that should be ignored in release builds to prevent logs in Logcat.](/guides/android/features/logging.md)
- [Nightly Builds](/guides/android/advanced-integration/nightly-builds.md)
- [Manual Library Integration](/guides/android/advanced-integration/manual-library-integration.md)
- [Opening Local Files](/guides/android/miscellaneous/opening-local-files.md)
- [Optimize Pdf Documents For Mobile Rendering](/guides/android/miscellaneous/optimize-pdf-documents-for-mobile-rendering.md)
- [Powered By Nutrient](/guides/android/miscellaneous/powered-by-nutrient.md)
- [Subscription Validation](/guides/android/announcements/subscription-validation.md)
- [Android PDF SDK security](/guides/android/faq/sdk-security.md)
- [Permissions](/guides/android/advanced-integration/permissions.md)
- [Unsupported Internal Symbols](/guides/android/announcements/unsupported-internal-symbols.md)
- [Third Party Compatibility](/guides/android/miscellaneous/third-party-compatibility.md)