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I noticed that within the Android SDK Manager, it appears that most API levels below 15 are marked as obsolete (including API level 9). But then I saw that API levels 8 and 10 are not marked as obsolete.

Why is that? And when will an Android API level be marked as obsolete?

PS: The documentation of API levels does not mention obsoleteness of API levels.

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  • Think of it as a service pack. API 9 (2.3.0-2.3.2) was superseded by API 10 (Android 2.3.3-2.3.7) and since it was easy to adopt the small changes by manufacturers virtually no devices use API 9 in favor of API 10. Similarly for API 14 and 15. – Eugen Pechanec Sep 14 '15 at 00:02

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Based on your link, API (5,6) has been replaced with API (7) ECLAIR_MR1, API(9) has been replaced with API (10) GINGERBREAD_MR1 and API(11,12) has been replaced with API(13) HONEYCOMB_MR2 so you will find (5,6,9,11,12) will be absolute. And level 8,10 are not obsolete because there is not a similar API level to replace it.

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