android 2.2 to 1.6?

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I have been developing an android app. I had chosen 2.2 as the version. I have not used any advanced features that are specific to 2.2 or above. I want my app to work with 1.6 and above. What should I do?

Thanks.

So why don't you just change the SDK version to 4? – Egor Aug 19 '11 at 14:13 — Egor, Aug 19 '11 at 14:13

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 19 '11 at 14:12

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You should read this http://developer.android.com/guide/publishing/versioning.html

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 19 '11 at 14:12

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Open the AndroidManifest.xml file and change to :

<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="4"/>

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 19 '11 at 14:19

At first you should set android:minSdkVersion="4" in the Android Manifest file.

Next step is to do some testing on an android vm with version 1.6. Even better would be to test on a real device, but the compiler should give you enough hints what to change in your program.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 19 '11 at 15:31

Complement preview answers.

android make upward compatible your code automatically as much as possible (not always).
But lowering the api level of an app. Can be a task from simple to nightmare to execute, all depends if your code use a lot of specific 2.2 ... That's means changing API level or android.jar in your project may be far to be enough.

good luck

android 2.2 to 1.6?

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