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Reputation: 13007

Cancel support for legacy Android SDK level for new installs

My app currently has a minSdkVersion of 15 (ICS 4.0.3). Due to additional dependencies, I have to go up with the min SDK to 19 (Kitkat 4.4).

I already build multiple APKs for min15 and min19 productFlavors.

I'd like to provide bugfixes for my existing users of min15, but don't want new users to install min15.

How can I accomplish this?

Is it possible to unpublish the min15 for new installs, but still provide updates for existing users?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 53

Answers (2)

Nick Fortescue
Nick Fortescue

Reputation: 13834

At the moment this is not possible. You can't unpublish single APKs, just the whole app.

Upvotes: 1

Atef Hares
Atef Hares

Reputation: 4891

You should publish multiple apks for your app. one with minSDK 15 and another one with minSDK 19. Play-store allows this

Multiple APK support is a feature on Google Play that allows you to publish different APKs for your application that are each targeted to different device configurations. Each APK is a complete and independent version of your application, but they share the same application listing on Google Play and must share the same package name and be signed with the same release key. This feature is useful for cases in which your application cannot reach all desired devices with a single APK.

Check docs here

Upvotes: 1

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