Api problem

[Hyouka]

Hello coders,

i have just started learning android development And Im having a slight problem regarding choosing the api for my java app...
the recent api should be 15(ice-cream sandwich)...but i only have option till api 16(jelly bean)...so its available for 99.8% devices...i wanna make it upto 100%

And in second image ...the latest api available is only 16



I went to SDK platform to download api 15(icecream sandwich) but its already installed...



I even checked the hidden packages just to check whether something is missing that i haven't installed but everything is installed...i dont know why api 15 is not showing up when i try to create new project.



please help me out with this problem
Would love to hear your suggestions...Thank you!

 

[Malcolm]

@LTomy @Ghost @swift @Hassapiko @Krusty the Senile any thoughts on this one?

 

[LTomy]

I do not really know, I personnaly have access to API level 14 and 15 and I did nothing special for it...

My version of Android Studio is '4.0.2'. What is yours?

 

[Hyouka]

I do not really know, I personnaly have access to API level 14 and 15 and I did nothing special for it...

My version of Android Studio is '4.0.2'. What is yours?

it's 4.1.3

 

[LTomy]

Maybe API level 14 and 15 has been deprecated since version 4.1.0?

Is it really important for you to use API level 15? You won't gain much more users from using API level 15 over 16.

 

[Hyouka]

Maybe API level 14 and 15 has been deprecated since version 4.1.0?

Is it really important for you to use API level 15? You won't gain much more users from using API level 15 over 16.

um yes.. because when I created my first app which was calculator...it worked on my device but its wasnt working on other device whose api was 15...and now I am starting a serious project app...so I want this app to work on every device

 

[LTomy]

To me, it seems like if you wait for everybody to start using new API versions, you'll always use old technology, but ok (I mean, 99.8% is a lot ).

Can't you simply create a project of API level 16 and then change it to level 15 in the configuration of your project?

File > Project structure...

 

[Hyouka]

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um yes.. because when I created my first app which was calculator...it worked on my device but its wasnt working on other device whose api was 15...and now I am starting a serious project app...so I want this app to work on eve

To me, it seems like if you wait for everybody to start using new API versions, you'll always use old technology, but ok (I mean, 99.8% is a lot ).

Can't you simply create a project of API level 16 and then change it to level 15 in the configuration of your project?
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File > Project structure...

hahaha😅😂..kinda gives me ocd when its not 100%....but thats useful...Thank you😇😌

 

[Hyouka]

@LTomy @Ghost @swift @Hassapiko @Krusty the Senile any thoughts on this one?

Thank you Malcom for pointing it out

 

[LTomy]

kinda gives me ocd when its not 100%

Yeah, I kind of understand you

 

[BorkedSystem32]

Why would you want to support an obsolete version of Android? Only a tiny fraction of the Android userbase use either ICS, Jellybean, or Kitkat, and it means you have to support outdated technologies which will no longer be available.

My suggestion would be to support Android Lollipop(5.0/5.1), as that's what most developers support up to now. Plus, it's probably more closer in terms of technology to modern Android than it is to ICS.

There's plenty more issues with supporting older versions, so be wise with what you support and don't support. That tiny fraction you want will just have to upgrade.