I need to download Android api 2.3.4.
But when I start Android Sdk manager, It shows me all the api options to download except Android 2.3.4.
Does anyone has idea how can i download android 2.3.4?
Thank You.
The API Level for the SDK is not quite the same as the version number for Android. Android version 2.3.4 corresponds with API Level 10, so just download API level 10 from the SDK and you should be good to go.
The 2.3.4 release was a maintenance release that only included internal fixes. No API changes were made: http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-2.3.4.html
Oddly, the second sentence of that release says that a new "Open Accessory API" was added in 2.3.4, so I'm not sure how that qualifies as no API changes ...
Looking in my downloaded "platforms" from the SDK manager, the android-10 platform seems to be based on 2.3.3 r2. I don't see any way to get a 2.3.4 image. (But I may be missing something.)
google only seems to have released the api for 2.3.1 and 2.3.3
When you will download Android SDK you will automatically get that API documentation in the SDK if updated.
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I did many searches on the web, and only partially I understood what I have to do.
When my IDE (Android Studio) reminded me that are available recent update for android SDK, I provided to install them. Now I notice that the Android-SDK directory occupies 87Gb of HDD memory.
This because are installed all the Android API from older version to the latest new.
Today I decided to delete all the SDK directory and perform a clean installaton of the SDK tool.
What I ask is which are the minimum things that I've to install from the SDK manager to be up and running for Android Development.
Consider that my apps must run from Android API 14 (4.0 IceCream) to the least available API version (currently on October 2017 is API 25).
In addiction I use an Android Emulator with Lollipop 5.1 (API 22).
The last thing I ask is when there is a new available and I would to install it, should I unistall all the older API version to prevent SDK grow up?
This is the screenshot of my Android Studio SKD manager.
As you can see the only checked API is 7.1.1 Nougat API 25.
This is a series of screenshot of package details of SDK Manager
The others are all unchecked.
I have to say that for Android 5.1 Lollipop API 22, check marks appear after I create the Android Emulator with Lollipop Installed.
NB: I need only things for mobile programming, not TV or Wearable.
should I unistall all the older API version to prevent SDK grow up?
Yes you can do this to reduce the space size taken by the SDK
Cons : you will not be able to use instant run if you are running your app on particular device on lollipop and above.
Note : you can drop old version under API 14 as support library has also dropped the support for older version
From docs, Revision 26.0.0 Release (July 2017)
The minimum SDK version has been increased to 14. As a result, many
APIs that existed only for compatibility with pre-14 API levels have
been deprecated. Clients of these APIs should migrate to their
framework equivalents as noted in the reference page for each
deprecated API.
I'm totally new with android development. I installed android studio today. By default, I'm getting 15 options that can be installed in sdk manager, but my net is limited, so I cannot install all of these :( Can you please suggest the most important of these to install so that preview option should work? I need to target smartphones only: no TV or wearables.
Thank you so much!
You will probably need to download the same options for 2 different API levels: You should get API 21 (or whatever API level is your target API) and whatever API you set as the minimum SDK for your app. You make these designations when you first create your project in Android Studio, or can change them in build.gradle or AndroidManifest.xml.
You will probably want the SDK Tools, SDK Build-tools, SDK Platform, Sources for Android SDK, and the Intel x86 images from both API levels your app supports - minimum SDK and target SDK.
Android Google USB Driver for sure if you want to use a device for debugging and the Android Support Library.
And if you want to use an emulator you have to download one of the Intel x86 images (for phone).
I need to download API 17 android 4.2, I'm searching in google but i cant find it. I dowloaded the last version KITKAT but I dont like it because I new in android and all examples in the internet use 4.0 or 4.2 versions
I think you can find the ADT here: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
http://developer.android.com is a good starting point. To download code for a special api version you can use the SDK Manger which is included in the sdk/adt download.
Execute Android SDK MANAGER and select version 4.2.2 (API 17). This will download and install. You can check in your android-sdk/system-images/android-17
I just installed the android apk and adt plugin for eclipse. Further in the sdk manager , I've installed all the tools , Android 4.4.2(API 19) , Android 2.1(API 7) as well as the android support library and google USB driver. Now what i want to know about is , are these packages enough to start development or am i still missing everything ?
Further what i want to know is, if i want my app to be compatible with all android versions , do i need to install all versions of Android API ??
This should be enough.
No, you just need the newest SDK, set the build target to that API version and all lower versions will be supported. For keeping backwards-compatibility, you'll also have to make sure to use APIs that are supported on the lowest SDK version you want to support
Short answer: You only have to install the ones you want to develop for.
My advice in to install at least the 5 most common ones to be able to test your app against these version.
You probably want your app to be also available for users which didn't yet update to Android 4.4.2.
I have downloaded the Android SDK(which i think has no version, it is standard). After installing Android SDK, Android SDK Manager comes which by default selects 3 things to be downloaded (1)Android SDK tools(2)Android 4.0.3 (API 15) and the things under it like documentation, samples etc (3)Google USB driver But at present i am having book on Android 3, so should i deselect the second option i.e. Android 4.0.3 (API 15) and select all things under Android 3.0 (API 11) or keeping Android 4.0.3 will be OK for Android 3.I know there are tutorials for Android 4.0.3 on Web so why should i go for Android 3 because i find it easy through books and i got Android 3 here in my place and still no Android 4. So what should i do?
You can install everything. I would recommend to install the API level you want to develop for. But it doesn't hurt (but wastes disk space) to install everything.
Sidenote: Android 3.0 is for tablets, 2.x for older and 4.x for the latest Android Smartphone devices.
You should select the API level that you will target. For example, I am writing an application for API level 7 (Android 2.1.x), so I've got that version installed on my machine. Of course, you can have more than one API level installed, so it is safe to install any combination (for example 3.0.x and 4.0.4 simultaneously - see last paragraph for the reason).
Once you've got a few API levels installed, Eclipse will allow you to change the target API for your project to any of the versions you have installed. The same applies for the command-line project creation.
There is actually one good use-case for installing a version newer than the one you are targeting in addition to the one you use: testing. You can create an emulation environment for a newer version of the API to ensure that your application does not crash and burn when the API levels do not match. If we were to extend my above example, a sensible set of levels to install is 3.0.x, 3.2, and 4.0.4. You can target the initial release of Honeycomb (unless you need anything from the later versions), and test with both the latest Honeycomb and Ice Cream Sandwitch.