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Each Android version is assigned a unique integer identifier, called the API Level.

As the Android platform evolves and new Android versions are released, each Android version is assigned a unique integer identifier, called the API Level. Because users install apps on older as well as the most recent versions of Android, real-world Android apps must be designed to work with multiple Android API levels.

Each release of Android goes by multiple names:

  • The Android version, such as Android 4.4
  • The API level, such as "API Level 19"
  • A dessert name, such as "KitKat"

Each Android device supports exactly one API level – this API level is guaranteed to be unique per Android platform version. The API level exactly identifies the version of the libraries that your app can call into; it identifies the combination of manifest elements, permissions, etc. that you code against as a developer. Android's system of API levels helps Android determine whether an application is compatible with an Android system image prior to installing the application on a device. When an application is built, it contains the following API level information:

  • The target API level of Android that the app is built to run on.
  • The minimum API level of Android that is required to run the app.

These settings are used to ensure that the functionality needed to run the app correctly is available on the Android device at installation time. If not, the app is blocked from running on that device. For example, if the API level of an Android device is lower than the minimum API level that you specify for your app, the Android device will prevent the user from installing your app.

Source: https://developer.xamarin.com/guides/android/application_fundamentals/understanding_android_api_levels/

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Configure Android Studio to show only APIs up to certain level

In Android Studio it is possible to select a "minimum API level" that is required to run the developed application. If I use some higher level API, an error is displayed and the code will not compile. This is as desired. But can I somehow configure…
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Pinned Shortcuts Minimum API Level in Documentation Incompatible With Code

as Documentation Says : If your app targets Android 7.1 (API level 25) or higher, you can define shortcuts to specific actions in your app. Pinned shortcuts are published at runtime and also use the ShortcutManager API. During runtime, your app…
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Is there any API to check wether the WiFi is connected to the Internet or not?

Are there any APIs to check if the WiFi which the Android device is connected to, really serves internet or not? whenever the device is connected to WiFi, it considers it as online though the Wifi router does not serve internet or idle. How to…
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I've made a WebView based app that is being installed on some devices, while not being installed in others. I've checked it on android version 4, 6, 7. The problem is not with the Android version. In some devices, it says Problem occurs when parsing…
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Minimum SDK is not recognized in Android studio

I've just installed Android Studio 3.0 and all of the APIs and all of the available sources(API 14 or higher were only available options) but when I'm trying to create a new project based on Android 2.3.3 (API 10), this API isn't available in the…
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When working with java.util.Calendar on Android, I stumbled upon an interesting bug: on API level 23 or lower some fields set by Calendar.set(...) won't be applied until Calendar.get(...) is called (as the get-method internally calls complete()…
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INSTALL_FAILED_NO_MATCHING_ABIS on API Level 26

I am running into the INSTALL_FAILED_NO_MATCHING_ABIS error only when I try to install the apk on an API 26 x86 based emulator. The apk runs well in an ARM phone with level 24 and also runs well on an x86 emulator. I tried already the fix suggested…
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excluding resources in flavors for API levels

How can I exclude resource folders that contain resources for higher API Levels from my APK to keep its size minimal? Currently I have PNG files in my drawable folder and WebP files with transparency (which are supported from API level 18) in…
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Cannot select desired programming SDK platform in Android Studio

Well, I am trying to develop an APP for my Smartphone Samsung Galaxy Ace, which contains android 2.3.6 (Gingerbread). The problem is that I can't select a lower API to develop, as shown in the picture: I also tried downloading the API I needed from…
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I can't hardware acceleration at api level 15

I'm testing a simple hardware accelerated at android. I found this code on the internet so I want to test this. And it works when I test this code at API Level 26, but when I test this at API Level 15 which is same avd, it didn't work. Here is my…
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Please explain gradle dependancies vs min build sdk

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Choosing the right Minimum API for Android Studios

If I were to choose minimum API 4.1, does it mean the features in 4.0 will not be available to me if I use 4.1 as my minimum API? Or with each new API you get all the older features as well as the new ones?
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Does anyone know what the lowest minimum API level is for Android projects that don't require any Support Libraries? 21 or 22 was my guess but I may be wrong. I don't need any Support Library features for my future project.
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