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blogtom
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June 8, 2015
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AIR Android ignores minSdkVersion?

  • June 8, 2015
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Hi,

I added android:minSdkVersion="14 to the manifest of my AIR built Android app to only allow Android 4+ devices but Google Play shows that my app only Requires Android 1.6 and up.

This is my manifest - what do I need to change to make ANdroid  4+ only?

<android> <manifestAdditions> <![CDATA[ <manifest android:installLocation="auto">
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="14" android:targetSdkVersion="21" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
<uses-permission android:name="com.android.vending.BILLING" />
</manifest>]]></manifestAdditions> </android>

I used Adobe AIR SDK 17 and packaged the app through ADT command line.

Many thanks!

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abhijain19
Adobe Employee
June 9, 2015

Hi,

We have checked this issue at our end by creating one AIR built Android App with android:minSdkVersion="14" and android:targetSdkVersion="21".  We published the app on Google Playstore and verified that in the requirements it shows Android: 4.0 and above. This behaviour is expected.

Could you please verify the contents (android:minSdkVersion) of AndroidManifest.xml. AndroidManifest.xml should contains the same value of android:minSdkVersion that you have mentioned in your project.


Thanks,

Adobe Air Team

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    blogtomAuthor
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    June 9, 2015

    Thanks for testing! It's really appreciated!

    EDIT: It's a bug on Google's side and it affects all ALPHA and BETA APKs! More info: android - Google Play - wrong minimum API detected - Stack Overflow

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    Did you publish the app to Google Play or did you check the details of the uploaded APK in the developer console?

    The problem is that Google Play shows "Requires Android 1.6 and up" in the Play store even if the API level in the "Google Play developer console" shows the correct 14+ one.

    Is it possible to verifiy that only Android 4+ devices can download an app? I need a proof.

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    abhijain19
    Adobe Employee
    June 10, 2015

    Hi,

    Yes, We have published the app on Google Playstore. We have checked the details of uploaded APK file.

    In the Google PlayStore, it shows "Requires Android 4.0 and up"

    In the Google Play Developer console, it shows the API Level 14+. This behaviour is expected.


    We have also verified that only Android 4+ devices are able to install the app from Playstore. For Lower version devices(Below 4.0), App is not visible on PlayStore.



    Thanks,

    Adobe AIR Team

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