What version of Android should I develop for?

Asked 2010-09-23T14:45:01.057

How should I make the choice ? What are the parameters I should take into account ?

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The Oldest version that supports all the functionality your application requires.

For example: Your app needs multitouch? Target version 2.1

My application doesn't need any functionality introduced in newer versions, so I target 1.5

answered 2010-09-23T17:28:15.400

I agree with the answers posted above, and I would add that on the android API reference site, most of the time the minimum API level is specified (http://developer.android.com/reference/android/package-summary.html). You can have a look at this page to identify the Android version associated with a given API level: http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/api-levels.html

answered 2010-09-23T15:07:43.477