yeah you need to change minsdk version. However corona doesnt support manually setting this field
Just compile your app as normal, then use apk manager (get it over at xda-developers) to extract the final apk. Edit the android manifest to make the changes, the compile it again.
Finally use jarsigner to sign it (as you would a native app), and zip align it (if you want - corona doesnt even zip align it :P)
There’s several advantages to doing this even if you dont want to edit that particular field:
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Coroan automatically adds the vibrate permision - you can safely remove that if you dont use it. My app says ‘NO PERMISIONS’ when installing which is nice for end users to see
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You can add fields for small screen support
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You can remove the opengl 1.1 requirement since corona also works fine under 1.0
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If you’re not compiling for 2.2 (i.e. < 2.2) and you want to support apps 2 sd for 2.2 users you can simple add the android:installLocation=“auto” field
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APK manager compressions is alot better than the standard one used in corona. My app size drops from 5.3mb to 4.5mb
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