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The version history of the Android mobile operating system began with the release of the Android beta in November 2007. The first commercial version, Android 1.0, was released in September 2008. Android is under ongoing development by Google and the Open Handset Alliance (OHA), and has seen a number of updates to its base operating system since its initial release.

Since April 2009, Android versions have been developed under a confectionery-themed code name and released according to alphabetical order: Cupcake (1.5), Donut (1.6), Eclair (2.0–2.1), Froyo (2.2–2.2.3), Gingerbread (2.3–2.3.7), Honeycomb (3.0–3.2.6), Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0–4.0.4), Jelly Bean (4.1–4.3), and KitKat (4.4). On 3 September 2013, Google announced that 1 billion activated devices now use the Android OS worldwide. The most recent major Android update was KitKat 4.4, which was released to commercial devices on 22 November 2013, via an OTA update.

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_version_history

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What does “x” character represent in android versions?

In this official Android source page (https://source.android.com/setup/start/build-numbers) that contains the code names, API levels and versions numbers some of the versions contain the character x in its version number for example: Froyo: the…
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Can anyone tell me what "on O+ for instant apps" mean?

The following information is from Android Developer's page. I like to understand What "O+" in the context below. Is it version like Oreo? updateAppInfo void updateAppInfo (Context context) Updates application info based on currently installed…
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My app is not supporting Android verision 4.4.4 or less

Here is my gradle.build (app)... My app is not supporting devices of Android version 4.4.4 or less. My 1st version was supporting all the devices but after I updated my SDK and Google Play Services, it's not supporting 4.4.4 or less. Previously my…
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What happens to a published app that have android min version upgraded

Consider the following scenario, I have a published app targeting min android version 16, and I upgrade this version to 21. What happen to users that have the app installed in android versions below 21? Users still would be able to use the app, but…
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Do I need to explicitly declare WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission on Android 4.1 and earlier?

Regarding the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, the Android docs state that Starting in API level 19, this permission is not required to read/write files in your application-specific directories returned by getExternalFilesDir(String) and…
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Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{...} after installing Android SDK Build-Tools 26

I upgraded Android Studio to 2.3.3 and then I installed Android SDK Build-Tools 26 and Android 8.0 (O) and set compileSdkVersion and targetSdkVersion on 26 and buildToolsVersion on "26.0.0" and then I changed all the libraries version from 25.3.1 to…
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Get version code of the latest app from playstore programmatically in case of multiple apks

I am facing an issue in fetching the latest version code of my app from the playstore. I have app apk as well as wear apk uploaded on the playstore. Now when I call playstore to get the latest version of the mobile app available, if provide response…
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Using product flavors; How to remove one version of an app automatically?

I am able to make two versions of an app using product flavours but how to delete the 'lite' version when the 'pro' version is installed? Can this be done without the use of a library project?
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Check if android app has a newer version on playStore

I want to know if it is possible to check if the app that the user is running is the latest version that is available at Google PlayStore. I have read some answers and they say that this is not possible, but I see some apps that do this. Can…
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How does Android handle unknown XML tags?

According to Android Lint, some XML attributes cause crashes on older devices. For example, Attribute 'paddingStart' referenced here can result in a crash on some specific devices older than API 17 Does this mean I need separate XML files to…
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Upgrading APK minSDK version

Just a short question. Let's say I've published an app on the Play Store: versionCode = 1 minSdk = 8 The day after I publish the same app but: versionCode = 2 minSkd = 11 How will the users be affected? Devices with API level < 11, will continue…
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Android Mediaplayer not able to play some wowza m4a url on Android devices whose version is 4.3 or higher

Android Mediaplayer not able to play some wowza m4a urls on Android devices whose version is 4.3 or higher. While some are getting played without any efforts on same device. The same urls are working fine on Android 4.2.2/ 4.1/ & lower version…
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Android-version-dependent compilation

Is there any kind of conditional compiling for Android? I am trying to use android.webkit.WebView.onPause(), while still also supporting Android API 8. I tried the solutions suggested by Fiddler and Andrey Voitenkov at Conditional compiling in…
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No line drawn with Canvas paint in android OS versions greater then 4.4

I am drawing a line segment with the specified start and stop x,y coordinates, using the specified paint on the following Bitmap image for each day dynamically - chart_by_rule (Unexpected in >= 4.4) - chart_by_rule (Expected) - The following code…
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Deprecate API version but allow users to download old APK

background: My current app is already running on Google play with minSdkVersion=8. As every developer knows Froyo and Gingerbread should have died a couple of years ago, and finally the product team on the company allowed us to drop support for them…
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