Old Versions of Android Apps
oldversion.com
oldversion.com
Use the latest version. If you don't like it, switch to something else. Being attached to a specific version of a specific app is likely to doom you to constant frustration, because tech is always changing, compatibility always breaks, and new security vulnerabilities are always found. If you keep your data in standard file formats or protocols which are open, switching clients/apps is relatively painless. Detaching from nonstandard Gmail features opened up the entire width of IMAP clients to me, for instance.
In the above-mentionned case, that's why I just stopped using Android. After a while, it just isn't worth fighting upstream.