[android-developers] Re: developing with higer sdk than minimun target

See the responses you got in the other post.

On Monday, October 28, 2013 4:10:57 PM UTC+2, firebreather wrote:

how will it have a big impact?. will it make it run faster for the fewer phones it will work on? if there is a significant performance increase it would be worth it to abandon the version 10 users. why does it say I need minimum version 11 declared for tablets when, at least for my app, it seems this is not the case. my dashboard says most of my  users are tablets. i'm not on the 'for tablets' list on the app site though.

On Wednesday, October 23, 2013 2:07:25 AM UTC-5, Piren wrote:

I think LINT has warnings now indicating use of API's higher than the minimum, but the best strategy is to revert back to the minimum SDK and see where the build fails and make sure that code is protected from running in that SDK version.

P.S - Do notice that increasing the min api version to 11 will have a big impact on your app. 

On Wednesday, October 23, 2013 12:50:37 AM UTC+3, firebreather wrote:

is there any significant risk in using a higher sdk to develop than the minsdkversion target declared in the manifest? in other words, if i'm developing on android 4.0.3 version 15  sdk/api will the app work correctly on an android 2.3.3 api phone.

 

currently my app has been working on both tablets and version 2.3.3 phones with this strategy, although the console says I have to declare minimum target 11 or better for tablets. I've been asking this basic question for over a year in forums, stack overflow and support emails without a response.

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