I updated Visual studio 2019 from 16.5.1 to 16.8.3
If I generated APK in older version, the size was 94 MB, now is 55 MB. Why?
The new version causes app crash.
Xamarin.Android now has the entry android:extractNativeLibs="true" set by default, which causes smaller APKs since Visual Studio 2019 Version 16.8.
You can get the opposite behavior with an AndroidManifest.xml such as:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:versionCode="1" android:versionName="1.0" package="com.companyname.myapp">
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="23" android:targetSdkVersion="30" />
<application android:label="myapp" android:extractNativeLibs="false" />
</manifest>
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I have created a sample android app using visual studio 2015 xamarin.
It's an empty app and when trying to install it's saying parse error while installing package. i have seen so many fixes for this problem but
please see my manifest
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="4" android:targetSdkVersion="23" />
<application android:label="mt01_app.Android"></application>
</manifest>
i have written an android app with xamarin.android in visual studio and compiled a release build for android 4.1 and higher. testing directly with my devices works without problems.
after building an apk and uploading it in the play store for a beta test, it says: "app not compatible with your devices". i am pretty sure, that my test devices are not the problem. what could it be??
here is my manifest file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="xxx" android:versionCode="1" android:versionName="1.1" android:installLocation="auto">
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="14" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" />
<application android:label="alone" android:icon="#drawable/Icon"></application>
</manifest>
on developer interface it says 10106 supported devices:
any ideas? thanks for your help...
best regards from germany,
steven
I dont use xamarin , but using studio if your gradle hava a different min sdk it will overwrite whatever os on you manifest , check your gradle file .
I uploaded an APK for alpha which is version 1.0 and published as alpha. I made some changes in application and want to change the previous apk but it says 1.0 already exists. I tried to upload 1.0.1 but it says the same. What should I do?
old manifist file
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.urlconnectionclass"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0.0" >
new manifest file
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.urlconnectionclass"
android:versionCode="2"
android:versionName="1.1.0" >
always increse the value of versioncode and versionname while uploding apk of same production
Two important rules from Google:
The Version Code needs to be greater than that current version. Learn more about versioning your applications.
Example:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.package.name"
android:versionCode="2"
android:versionName="1.1">
<application android:icon="#drawable/icon" android:label="#string/app_name">
...
</application>
</manifest>
The updated APK needs to be signed with the same signature as the
current version.
All rules and requirements: Update your apps
You change version in android manifest?
I'm trying out the new Android Studio and it is not recognizing the current API level
My AndroidManifest.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.wiproeag.smartbuy"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-sdk
android:minSdkVersion="11"
android:targetSdkVersion="17" />
...
</manifest>
Any ideas?
A possible workaround for this is to include the Android compatibility libraries. Try this one first and get back with the results. I'va also encountered such a problem and it worked for me.
I've written a first app for Android with Eclipse. I've published it but I'm noticing that on the app page it doesn't show the Android minimum version supported, you can see it here:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.yellowhouse.everydayquotes
I've searched in the project files and I've found that in project.properties there is the following line:
target=android-15
is that the correct place to set the Android version? Am I missing something? Why does it not appear on the page? Thanks.
the "target=android-15" that you have is for your emulator or your test device which you want to launch your app with
To answer to your question, you need to set the minSDK version in your android manifest file
like that
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="tfe.rma.ciss.be"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0">
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" />
</manifest>
To set the minimum required android version for your app, you need to use uses-sdk element inside your AndroidManifest.xml file:
<manifest ...>
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="4" android:targetSdkVersion="7"/>
...
</manifest>
Version 4 means Android 1.6. Read up information on android manifest to see the correct sdk version numbers: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html