Starting today, all the apps and updates should target the API level 29, i.e. Android 10 or higher. This is similar to the changes made during the last year soon after the launch of the Android 10 OS.

Google unveiled the 2019 API level requirements for applications hitting the Play Store this year as well as for existing apps planned for future updates. Starting with August 2019, the Google ...

For instance, in API level 26 (Android 8.0), Google changed the way background tasks worked by turning off many power-hogging background processing features for apps and requiring them to use a ...

In an attempt to reduce fragmentation of its Android OS, Google is requiring developers of new and updated apps to comply with its most recent APIs. Topics Spotlight: Advancing IT Leadership ...

There have been a lot of 0.1 releases, so Android 1.0 was API level 1, but Android 14 is level 34. Supporting the older app APIs forever is not necessarily ideal.

Google announced today that “Android will have more frequent SDK releases,” while setting a Q2 2025 ... We’ll have an initial version of support for minor API levels in the upcoming Q2 ...

For example, if you target only Android 5.0 (API Level 21) you are hitting 3.3% of the active Android audience, according to the latest figures from Google on platform share. As part of a Manifest ...

The latest Android 16 beta has added an API that lets apps check if the user has enrolled in Advanced Protection. Advanced Protection is an enhanced security mode that beefs up account security ...