Please Help: Google Needs Min. SDK 21 - AI2 Has Min. SDK 7

[Martina_Ledermann]

Hello,
Today I finished my app SütterlinTrainer and I tried to upload it on Google Play Console. Unfortunately, Google has changed the minimum SDK version to 21. We have here in AI minimum SDK version 7. It would be great, if someone please could change this in AI2 from 7 to 21. I know that it is possible to change the minimum SDK version with APK Editor, but I do not come along with this tool, I tried more times, but then I gave up. Could someone please help? I need to upload my app on Google Play, it is a paid app. Thanks.
Kind regards,
Martina

[Boban]

Was your app submitted to the Play Store as a new app or an update to another app?

[Martina_Ledermann]

Thank you Boban. It is a new app. Now I tried the APK Editor again and I have the problem, that it cannot find my APK even it is on the desktop. There is an error message. I hope that someone from MIT is reading this thread and updates the min. SDK from 7 to 21. That's the problem. Google is always changing something. Thanks!
Martina

[Boban]

Minimum SDK... Play Store doesn't like my .aab

minSdk21.aix (4.0 KB) Import and drag it onto the screen.

[Martina_Ledermann]

Yeah! That's great! Thank you so much! Kind regards, Martina

[Anke]

@Martina_Ledermann

Google is always changing something.

Minimum SDK... Play Store doesn't like my .aab

Everywhere you look, there are new restrictions and confusion from Google. Fortunately, I don't have to worry much about my iOS app. They just run without me doing anything. In particular, there are no idiotic annual targetSdk update requirements.

[Anke]

@Martina_Ledermann

It is a new app.

Did the problem occur during the first upload (i.e. the initial version) of your app?

@Martina_Ledermann

There is an error message.

Post it. And name any special components used (like Firebase, ...) and all extensions.

[ewpatton]

Please see my post here about how to disable the Play Installer feature that causes this issue:

Minimum SDK... Play Store doesn't like my .aab

This is a new feature of Google Play and has nothing to do with extensions. Specifically, Google now by default has a feature called "Automatic Protection" for apps, which if turned on injects new code into the AAB before it is converted into APKs to be distributed to users. The code Google injects requires the app be min SDK 21. It looks like if you turn it off you can upload AABs created by App Inventor without issue (like every app ever made up until Google introduced this new mechanism). Her…