I am creating an application which has minimum SDK setup to API Level 11. I am using API level 11 as target and compile SDK. I want to test if my application will work on API level 11 devices. I tried to get system image for API Level 11 using Android SDK manager but could not find it.
I also tried Genymotion but could not find there also.
How can I get API level 11 system image?
Or is there any other way I can be sure if my application will work on API 11 (Virtual machines)?
Thanks
I would not care about API 11-14. If you checkout the platform versions dashboard you will see that there are no Android 3.X devices out there. Vast majority of 3.x devices have been updated to 4.x. The not updated rest are most likely inactive devices, which are not actively used.
Additionally, when targeting API 11 you target about 0% of Android users with such devices, but you do invest time in supporting it. I would really suggest to reconsider your target API and switch to API 15.
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I am new to android development and using Xamarin.Android so please keeps terminology simple and relevant if possible.
Current question is, are apps developed for API 22 (android 5.1) compatible with API 21 (android 5.0) by nature - i.e. without adding any package and stuff. If not, how do I make backwards compatibility possible? Thanks.
Typically, you set a minimum SDK value, and a target SDK, and that says what API "range" your app runs against. You additionally compile with a particular SDK version, and that includes the code and resources for the app.
Most of the core API methods and classes are available starting at API 1.
If you want to include libraries, the support libraries should get you backwards compatible back to about API 7.
are apps developed for API 22 (android 5.1) compatible with API 21
If you use classes and methods which were introduced in API 22, then your app will not run on API 21. On the other hand, if you limit yourself to only methods available on API 21, then your app will run on both API 21 and API 22. For newer features, you can use the Support Library.
I know that the minSdkVersion and the targetSdkVersion are what. But My system is weak and it can not run the new version of the android studio that it can supports the higher API levels than the 17 API level.
Currently, I have the older version of the android studio and it runs in my system well but it supports only up to the 17 API level. I do not need the higher API levels. Now my question is, If I use the targetSdkVersion:"17" for an application, can it run in devices with the higher API levels?
But My system is weak and it can not run the new version of the android studio that it can supports the higher API levels than the 17 API level.
AFAIK, Android Studio's speed has nothing to do with any API levels in the project that you are building.
Now my question is, If I use the targetSdkVersion:"17" for an application, can it run in devices with the higher API levels?
Yes.
The following paragraph is a note found in the GDK references for Google Glass.
But I'm not sure exactly what it means. Can anyone explain to me what this paragraph
is trying explain?
Note: The Glass platform is based on Android 4.4 (API Level 19), but does not support the sensor features of that platform level or Android 4.3 (API Level 18). API features for sensors is frozen at Android 4.2 (API Level 17) for the aforementioned sensors that are supported.
Glass plateform is 4.4 uses API 19 you can use all android features but in case you want to use sensors you need to see API lvl 17 reference to know what you can and can't use
so you cant use
TYPE_SIGNIFICANT_MOTION
TYPE_STEP_COUNTER
TYPE_STEP_DETECTOR
getFifoMaxEventCount()
getFifoReservedEventCount()
...
visit Android developper reference for more details
In the android documentation there is nothing about Android 2.3.5, 2.3.6, 2.3.7: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels
Wikipedia however lists those as API 10 and other answers say it's API 10. Which is the logical thing since API 11 starts with Android 3.0 and there is no such thing like API 10,5...
So did they simply forget to mention it in the android reference? Or is that some kind of "unofficial Android" ?
Here is the thing, android's latest version kitkat(4.4) is api19.
After some minor update, the current kitakt version stands at 4.4.2, however the api version remains the same at 19.
Similarly, all the minor versions of android will not have a corresponding api verison.
I'm making a program for an Android tablet, and have been using the SDK with API level 12 (Android 3.1), without much thought or knowledge of it, just because it's the newest one. But, which one would you recommend I use? Which ones are for tablets (as opposed to phones)? And, do I have to reinstall all of the SDK if I want to use a different API (as http://android.konreu.com/developer-how-to/install-android-sdk-eclipse-and-emulator-avds/ seems to suggest) or can I just create a new virtual device?
You should use API level 11 that is the one that Google targeted for tablets. Previous version will work with tablets too, but the API 11 itself includes features that are tablet-specific.
And no, you don't have to reinstall the SDK. Just install that additional API level, and create a new virtual machine.
I would probably go for 3.0 since there are tablets that run that.
You only need to download the platform for 3.0 if you don't already have it. No need to reinstall the complete sdk. Just download the appropriate files.
minimum API level is GALAXY_Tab Addon - API Level 8 for the tablet and Android HoneyComb-API Level Honeycomb for the Honeycomb devlopment.