How do you specify the minimum version of Android required by your application?

Google mentioned that the change is meant to “help protect your account’s security.” The Android versions that are losing support were launched as early as 2008. Google will be ending sign-in support for multiple devices running on the old versions of Android in September 2021 .

VersionReleasedSecurity SupportOreo (Android 8.0.x)4 years and 6 months ago (21 Aug 2017)NoNougat (Android 7.x)5 years and 6 months ago (22 Aug 2016)NoMarshmallow (Android 6.0.x)6 years ago (05 Oct 2015)NoLollipop (Android 5.0 – 5.1.1)7 years ago (12 Nov 2014)NoAndroid OS | endoflife.date endoflife.date › android

With the release of Android 10, Google has stopped support for Android 7 or earlier . This means that no more security patches or OS updates will be pushed out by Google and Handset vendors as well.

Generally, companies target a minimum version of KitKat, or SDK 19 , for new endeavors. For personal projects, we usually choose Lollipop, or SDK 21, as it brings a number of improvements to the table, such as improved build times.18 Eki 2015

After September 27, the oldest version of Android you’ll be able to sign in to is Android 3.0 Honeycomb , which is only for tablets.

For instance, Android 1.0 is API level 1 and Android 4.4 is API level 19. The API level allows you to declare the minimum version with which your app is compatible, using the <uses-sdk> manifest tag and its minSdkVersion attribute .