New Android announcement for the API 14 (level 34)

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Subject: Assistance Required: Issue with Google Play API Level Requirements

Dear App Inventor Support Team,

I hope this message finds you well. I am writing to seek your assistance regarding an issue I am currently facing with Google Console.

I have received the following message from Google Console:


Violation
Your app must target Android version 14 (API level 34) or higher.

Details
To ensure a safe experience for users, Google Play requires all apps to meet the target API level requirements. As of August 31, 2024, if your app does not target an API level released within one year of the latest Android OS version, you will no longer be able to update your app.


Despite updating my app multiple times, the issue persists, and I am unsure how to resolve this. Could you please guide me on how to update my app, "الحاسبة البنكية," to meet the required API level, or if there is a specific process I should follow within App Inventor to ensure compliance with these new requirements?

Your assistance in resolving this matter would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for your support.

Best regards,
Mohamed
alsharedinfo@gmail.com
الحاسبة البنكية


You can now send this message to the App Inventor support team.

Why? The AI2 team has absolutely nothing to do with this. (The AI2 team only cares about releasing the targetSdk update before Aug 31, 2024.)


For the umpteenth time:

  1. It is only a "precautionary" warning.

  2. If you have updated an app to targetSdk 34, it may take some time (a few days) for the warning to disappear.

  3. The fact that the app was created with AI2 is of no interest to Google and is none of their business (although it can of course be recognized from the package name).

  4. Such emails (especially in large numbers) to Google Dev Support could actually achieve something, namely that Google finally reconsiders and ends its idiotic, annually mandatory targetSdk updates and the annoying restrictions that come with them.

Meu app tem uma mensagem no Play Store dizendo, Atualize o nível desejado da API, O app precisa segmentar Android 14 (nível 34 da API) ou mais recentes porque a versão do Android é antiga.
Qual a versão do android é gerada pelo MIT ?

This question has been asked dozens of times. Search the forum.

Ok, i go search.

App must target Android 14 (API level 34) or higher

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No. Instead, new apps and updates must target Android 14 (SDK 34) starting August 31, 2024. Before that, it should only be understood as a ("precautionary") warning. Period.

Hi Anke,

Just want to make sure, is the current update of MIT App Inventor now already support Android SDK target to 34 (Android version 14) ?
So I could resolve my app by rebuild android app bundle of my app in order to align with google policy that app must target to API 14 (level 34).

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There is no real problem if you stay with targetSdk 33 (except that this unnecessary warning appears). However, if you update to targetSdk 34, you should be aware that new bugs may be present due to changed functionality. I have pointed out at least one such bug. So you should test the app intensively and extensively after the targetSdk update.

Thanks for your warning.
I will test my app carefully.

Thanks for this update.

Why API Level is 11+ which is not 14 when I created aab file for my app?

And Google stated my app status as follow:

This is the minSdkVersion. For whatever reason it is Android 3 (API 11) in your case. Usually it is Android 2.1 ( Éclair, API 7) with AI2. However certain components / extensions require a higher API to function.

How many times do I have to repeat this – and it's been going on for years? It may take 1-2 days for this warning to disappear.

Can anybody send me the link of the new one and explain me how to update my apps to api level to 34 i aldready created 10+ apps what to do

Thank you.

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