Problem Uploading to Playstore - minimum SDK version of 21 or higher

[Derick_Nieuwoudt]

When I upload my aab file i get this error : Play installer check requires a minimum SDK version of 21 or higher. The uploaded App Bundle has a minimum SDK version of 7. Update the minSdkVersion in your app's Android manifest.

I'm not sure how to correct this.

[ChrisWard]

I don't know either but I'm sure one of my colleagues will. Let's hope you can keep version 7 as the minimum. Shame on Google that their install checker can't work with more devices (there are millions of them).

[Caraem144p]

If I'm not wrong, if you decompile the abb file and go to the AndroidManifest.xml if you find a thing called android:minSdkVersion and there you can edit the minimum SDK version

[Taifun]

What about doing a search in the community?
This has been asked several times already
For example

minSdkVersion 7 to 21

Or you might follow this guide:

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…

Taifun

[Taifun]

@Caraem144p

If I'm not wrong

Well, you are not wrong, but actually nobody would do that because it's too complicated to decompile, recompile etc

Taifun