I am new to android. In my application I tried to call a SOAP web service, but when I run the project it says: Required API is 9,but Device API is 8.
What can I do for that.
This means that a method or class you have used in your code wasn't added to Android until API revision 9 (Gingerbread, see this list).
If you want your app to run on a lower API version, you'll have to either remove that call, or use reflection (described here if you need it) to check for it's availability. Either way you'll have to find another way to do what you're wanting on lower API versions.
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I'm building my first android app and slightly confused when choosing the right API. I've noticed that some functions are available starting from API 21. But then, why in the world would anyone use API 21 or higher if it's only supported by 40.5% of android devices??? Only 4 out of 10 sounds ridiculous to me. Or, is there something I'm missing?
Thanks.
Well it actually depends on you as a developer to know your target audience, and choose the right API target. Nevertheless, all these new features and functionalities that you think are only available for new APIs all have support through the use of Android Support Library. You can still have access to all the newer APIs through support libraries officially provided by android.
Android Support Library
At the end of the day you would want to target as many devices as possible to get a wider audience for your app.
now google research on the android "O". so its very soon new android application development API coming but you are say that you create your first android application so you need to fist familiar with all api so for you batter is you use minimum 16 and maximum 23 or 24 what ever you chose.if you chose latest api's so that u have latest android studio version.
for you all name and api details
I'm building a fitness app using Google Fit API and I can't get the distance that the user walked, giving me the title's error on a API 17 device (only one that I tested).
This question is similar but didn't solved my problem and this one maybe is the same situation as mine.
Is the DataType.TYPE_DISTANCE_DELTA not available on API 17? I can't test in another device because I don't have another device with me and the only emulator that I know that can use Google Play Services is the Android Studio's emulator and I can't make it work.
AppOpsManager was added in API Level 19, so you can maybe try to modify your manifest to a higher version. Just check the APIs you're using and make sure they're compatible to the version you're going to use.
In regards to the DataType.TYPE_DISTANCE_DELTA, I don't think it's the one causing this issue.
I want to know from which sdk version on-words WiFi Service available. is it available from API level 3?
From API 1 its available . I guess You dont have any idea in Android Version . So first check the link!! and go through the Features as per all API level and clear your doubt :)
It is API level 1
See this link
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/net/wifi/WifiManager.html
This may be a noob question as i am new to Android development.
So i downloaded ADT and when i started SDK Manager it threw me a long list of Android APIs; i installed the latest API but i got confused as i don't know if i only install API 20 will i get full Android API or specific to that version/release?
For example: I downloaded API for KitKat so i get the full API with all the classes and interfaces? or only the new ones that are introduced in KitKat?
If you download API 20, you will get all the API's that are available to the level 20. It means you will get the new features, AND all the apis that are required to develop for devices running level 20.
It does not mean that you will only get the updates
Some features might be deprecated in a newer version. That means if a particular function has been changed, you will get updated version in the respective level.
It will give you a latest API, but if any feature are been diprecated, they won't be included in them. But for startup purpose its no stuffs to worry about having only one API installed.
refer the below link:-
Android API References
I have an Android geolocation application released into the market named apna ilaka.
It is using Android API level 2.1. In order to allow a user to add places I would like to display a Google map with which the user could find different locations and would be able to add place indicators and information.
Following are my questions :
Do I really need to change my Android API level to Google API level in config path?
Since my app is already in market if I upload this new apk on market will it create any issue in updating the software on user side?
You only need to update the API level of you app if you want to use any api that are higher than the currently set level.
Supporting multiple API levels can be tricky but it isn't a nightmare, check out this great post by google on this subject:
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/07/how-to-have-your-cupcake-and-eat-it-too.html
I guess you are talking about "Google API" versus "Android API"? If you need Google Maps you will need to use "Google API" as it contains the Maps libraries. Otherwise you could not use Maps classes when developing/compiling.
No, as far as I know you should not have any problems.