What is the minSdkVersion that corona uses ?

Solar2D Android
#1

People can’t download my app from google play because it says that the game isn’t compatible with their phones… so someone tells us to make a downgrade on your minSdkVersion to 7 

\<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="7" /\> &nbsp;

this is the link for my game:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=br.com.universopositivo.beeFlappy

someone knows how to set it to 7??

Thanks

#2

You can’t.  SDK version 7 is Android 2.1, and Corona only supports Android 2.2 and above.

And if someone really is still on Android 2.1, wow, that’s pretty old.   :slight_smile:

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html

Corona does use SDK version 8.  At least that is what I saw reported by Amazon when I uploaded new APKs to them last evening.

#3

Yes Corona only works on Android 2.2 devices and above.  There is not way to downgrade the minSdkVersion without breaking a whole bunch of stuff.

#4

Google Play posts information about the distribution of the market every month here…

   http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html?utm_source=ausdroid.net

According to Google Play, Android 2.2 only makes up of 1.3% of the market as of the time of this posting.  I would expect/hope Android 2.1 and older OS versions would be a smaller percentage than that.  In any case, not even Google bothers tracking OS versions older than 2.2 now.  So, I hope this makes you feel better about not supporting the older versions.  I mean, we still go out of our way to support Android 2.2 (which is 1.3% of the market), so we do very much care about this, but we’ve got to draw the line somewhere.

#5

Thank you for all your replies guys! Thats help me and I’m feeling better now about this supporting thing xD

Thanks again

#6

You can’t.  SDK version 7 is Android 2.1, and Corona only supports Android 2.2 and above.

And if someone really is still on Android 2.1, wow, that’s pretty old.   :slight_smile:

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html

Corona does use SDK version 8.  At least that is what I saw reported by Amazon when I uploaded new APKs to them last evening.

#7

Yes Corona only works on Android 2.2 devices and above.  There is not way to downgrade the minSdkVersion without breaking a whole bunch of stuff.

#8

Google Play posts information about the distribution of the market every month here…

   http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html?utm_source=ausdroid.net

According to Google Play, Android 2.2 only makes up of 1.3% of the market as of the time of this posting.  I would expect/hope Android 2.1 and older OS versions would be a smaller percentage than that.  In any case, not even Google bothers tracking OS versions older than 2.2 now.  So, I hope this makes you feel better about not supporting the older versions.  I mean, we still go out of our way to support Android 2.2 (which is 1.3% of the market), so we do very much care about this, but we’ve got to draw the line somewhere.

#9

Thank you for all your replies guys! Thats help me and I’m feeling better now about this supporting thing xD

Thanks again