Compatibility Issues with Google Play Requirements (minSdkVersion & 16KB Page Size)

Bugs and Other Issues
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Hello MIT App Inventor Team,

I’ve received two important warnings from Google Play Console regarding my app built with MIT App Inventor:

  1. minSdkVersion too low

“Play Install Referrer API requires a minimum SDK version of 21 or higher. The uploaded App Bundle has minSdkVersion set to 14. Please update the minSdkVersion in your Android manifest.”

  1. Memory Page Size Requirement for Android 15+

“To ensure compatibility with Android 15 and later, Google Play requires apps to support 16KB memory page sizes. Starting November 1, 2025, updates that don’t meet this requirement will be blocked.”

Could you please confirm:

  • If MIT App Inventor will update the default minSdkVersion to 21 or higher?
  • Whether apps built with MIT App Inventor will be compatible with Android 15’s 16KB page size requirement?
  • If not, is there a workaround or timeline for these updates?

Thank you for your support!

Best regards,
Adrian

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After doing a search in the community you could have found several threads about how to solve this, for example

Taifun

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Base App Inventor does not have any components that you can include in your app that would cause a violation of the 16kb page size rule. We are in the process of allowing extensions to add native libraries, so it may be possible in the future via an extension to violate this rule. But as for now, it should not be an issue.