Google unveiled the 2019 API level requirements for applications hitting the Play Store this year as well as for existing apps planned for future updates.

API Level 14 corresponds to Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, which is six years old! Android 8.1 Oreo still contains all the components needed to make these six-year-old apps work.

This just applies to new apps. However, from November, existing apps on Android will also need to target an API level within two years of the latest OS release, a level of 31 or higher.

Google Play is moving forward in its war on old, un-updated apps. The Play Store has had a rolling minimum level for Android version support for a while now; developers have to use a "target API ...

New API level targets Starting from November 1, 2022, all newly released/published apps must target an Android API level released within one year from the latest major Android version release.

There likely will not be an Android 13L. Android 13 is API level 33 and Android 14’s API level appears to be 34. Google is likely skipping 13L because the features of 12L are already ...

Validate that your current Android apps run on the new API 21 level with ART enabled. And if you use the NDK for your C/C++ Android apps, validate against the 64-bit emulator.

Welcome API Level 22, download Android 5.1 emulations Talking of the latest update to Android (Version 5.1 of Lollipop rolls out)… Google has just officially announced the 5.1 SDK, which now ...