Every new version of Android comes with a new API level, which changes how the app framework functions, adding new features, new restrictions, and new security measures. Currently, developers can ...

New apps and updates already have to “target an Android API level within one year of the latest major Android OS version release,” or they cannot be published. Moving forward (emphasis ours ...

To help reduce the potential for malware, Android 14 will begin fully blocking the installation of apps that target outdated versions of ... these minimum API level requirements have only applied ...

Android's consumer face uses version numbers to represent progress, but for developers there is something called an "API level" (sometimes called the "SDK version"). This is a version number of ...

A new update heading to Android later this year means that apps that are over two years old will need to update their API target in order to stay accessible on newer devices. Currently, Android ...

One of the most hyped changes for Android 13 was the change to its notification system, which would require apps to explicitly prompt users into opting-in to receive notifications, as on iPhones.

Talking of the latest update to Android (Version 5.1 of Lollipop rolls out)… Google has just officially announced the 5.1 SDK, which now represents API Level 22, to enable development and testing of ...

In contrast, OpenGL is an older, higher-level API that abstracts ... to update to newer Android versions. This is important because it means that robust Vulkan API support will only get better ...

The table is shown when developers create a new project in Android Studio and determine which API version to target. The October 2018 report provides a good analog to compare adoption rates for a ...

We’ve just seen a glimpse of this feature in Android 13 APIs. The stable version of the operating ... Currently, Google Play’s minimum target API requirement level is 30 (Android 11).