Android 15 (API level 35)

[Tejal_Bhagat]

The new update of MIT App Inventor is Android 14 with SDK 35, is it good to go for Android 14 instead Android 15, or shall I require an extension from google play store?

[TIMAI2]

The new update of MIT App Inventor is Android 15 with API 35.

Best to compile your app for this so that Google does not reject it after 31 August.

[Tejal_Bhagat]

I am getting as 14+, is it fine to proceed

[Anke]

@Tejal_Bhagat

I am getting as 14+

The new minSdkVersion of AI2 is now API 14 (Android 4.01, ICE_CREAM_SANDWICH) since the targetSdk 35 update.

[Tejal_Bhagat]

Thank you, now I will compile my apps with 14+

[Anke]

@Tejal_Bhagat

I will compile my apps with 14+

...with minSdk 14. So your app can be installed on any device with API > 13.

[Tejal_Bhagat]

But google is asking to upgrade for Android 15, and the update of app inventor is 14+, so I hope goolge does not block from updating apps after 31st August

[TIMAI2]

You are confusing Android versions with API versions

Android 14 is API 34

Android 4 is API 14

Android 15 is API 35

[Prem_Gupta]

@Tejal_Bhagat You can better understand through this website.
The following table lists major Android versions and their corresponding API levels:

Android API Levels

[Anke]

The following attributes can be declared in the Android Manifest (manifest.xml):

1. targetSdkVersion (Google's annual policy to target a specific higher SDK)

2. minSdkVersion (SDK/API on which the app can still be installed)

3. compileSdkVersion (SDK version with which the app was compiled)

4. maxSdkVersion (highest SDK version on which the app can be installed).