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Dunhill Dimaapi
Dunhill Dimaapi

Reputation: 51

Can I use obsolete version of SDK build tools in android studio?

I have a phone with 4.2.2(Jellybean) version, I want to create a application on that version but that version is obsolete. Can I still build on that version on Android Studio?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 718

Answers (2)

ianhanniballake
ianhanniballake

Reputation: 199795

Per this blog post, you should always compile with the latest SDK (and the same applies to build tools, gradle version, etc). What you compile with is independent from the minimum and target SDK version you use.

Upvotes: 1

T.M
T.M

Reputation: 817

You can build apps for any of the version. SDK version for Jellybean is 17. Just setup the minSdkVersion in build.gradle as 17 (or lower if you wish to use it with even earlier versions of android).

You'll also get this option to choose the minimum sdk version from the new project wizard itself while creating one.

In short, yes you can make it. Also, You may need to download the relevant API if you want to use the emulator.

Upvotes: 1

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