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Joseph K.
Joseph K.

Reputation: 774

Choosing Minimum Android App SDK

I know there is other questions about how to choose min SDK but they are seems to old. In the current situation which sdk can be choosen as min sdk? And how important is it, I mean If I choose for example 4.3 version over 5.0 What are the newly enabled features in 5.0 but not available in 4.3,what am I going to lose?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 6948

Answers (3)

Moulesh
Moulesh

Reputation: 2810

This link provides you with all the information you need to know... you can get all the recent statistics.. https://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html

and to get Changes with respect to API 21 Refer this link.. It has complete details on what you get extra by using API 21 and what you dont get in older versions... https://developer.android.com/about/versions/android-5.0.html

Upvotes: 6

Ludo
Ludo

Reputation: 783

You can check the Platform Versions statistics from developer.android.com dashboards to see the relative number of devices running a given version of the Android platform.

Upvotes: 0

Jemil Riahi
Jemil Riahi

Reputation: 1370

When you are creating a new app. You get the option what minimum api you will go for. On that page there is a link "Help me choose"

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You will be greeted by a chart like the picture above. It is up to you. But i would suggest API 16 since it has most support from libraries i have used and you cover most phones

Upvotes: 5

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