What does Failure INSTALL FAILED OLDER SDK mean in Android Studio

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I got this Froyo  2 2  device that I am using to make an app  When I try to run the app directly to the device it shows an error saying  pkg   data local tmp com example HelloWorldProject Failure  INSTALL FAILED OLDER SDK    and in another window there s an error saying  Unable to attach test reporter to test framework or test framework quit unexpectedly   What seem to make the said errors   EDIT   AndroidManifest xml   lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt manifest xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android            package  com test helloworld            android versionCode  1            android versionName  1 0  gt        lt uses-sdk             android minSdkVersion  8              android targetSdkVersion  17   gt        lt application             android allowBackup  true              android debuggable  true              android icon   drawable ic launcher              android label   string app name               gt           lt activity                 android name  com example HelloWorldProject MyActivity                  android label   string app name  gt               lt intent-filter gt                   lt action android name  android intent action MAIN   gt                    lt category android name  android intent category LAUNCHER   gt               lt  intent-filter gt           lt  activity gt       lt  application gt    lt  manifest gt

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Failure  INSTALL FAILED OLDER SDK  basically means that the installation has failed due to the target location  AVD Device  having an older SDK version than the targetSdkVersion specified in your app   N B Froyo 2 2 API 8  To fix this simply change   targetSdkVersion  17  to targetSdkVersion  8   cheers

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Change file AndroidManifest xml   lt uses-sdk android minSdkVersion  19   gt    lt uses-sdk android minSdkVersion  14   gt

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In android studio  reduce minSDKversion  It will work     apply plugin   com android application   android       compileSdkVersion 23     buildToolsVersion  23 0 1       defaultConfig           applicationId  healthcare acceliant trianz com myapplication          minSdkVersion 11         targetSdkVersion 23         versionCode 1         versionName  1 0            buildTypes           release               minifyEnabled false             proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile  proguard-android txt     proguard-rules pro                     dependencies       compile fileTree dir   libs   include      jar        compile  com android support appcompat-v7 23 1 1

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In your manifest file package attribute is set to com test helloworld however your activity class is under different package  Change your MyActivity class package to com example helloworld

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Fix your gradle file the following way  defaultConfig       applicationId  package com app      minSdkVersion 8   this should be lower than your device     targetSdkVersion 21     versionCode 1     versionName  1 0

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Make sure you don t have a minSdkVersion set in your build gradle with a value higher than 8  If you don t specify it at all  it s supposed to use the value in your AndroidManfiest xml  which seems to already be properly set

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This error   Failure  INSTALL FAILED OLDER SDK    Means that you re trying to install an app that has a higher minSdkVersion specified in its manifest than the device s API level  Change that number to 8 and it should work  I m not sure about the other error  but it may be related to this one

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I fixed this problem The device system version is older then the sdk minSdkVersion   I just modified the minSdkVersion from android L to 19  to target my nexus 4 4 4   buildscript       repositories           jcenter             dependencies           classpath  com android tools build gradle 0 12 2          apply plugin   com android application   repositories       jcenter      android         compileSdkVersion  android-L    modified to 19     buildToolsVersion  20 0 0       defaultConfig           applicationId  com antwei uiframework ui          minSdkVersion 14         targetSdkVersion  L          versionCode 1         versionName  1 0            buildTypes           release               runProguard false             proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile  proguard-android txt     proguard-rules pro                     dependencies       compile fileTree dir   libs   include      jar          compile  com android support support-v4 21      modified to compile  com android support support-v4 20 0 0      how to modified the value by ide  select file- Project Structure -  Facets -  android-gradle and then modified the compile Sdk Version from android L to 19  sorry I don t have enough reputation to add pictures

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Besides checking the right minSdkVersion in build gradle  make sure you have installed all necessary tools and correct SDK Platform for your preferred Android Version in SDK Manager  In Android Studio klick on Tools -  Android -  SDK Manager  Then install at minimum  for Android 2 2 without emulator      Android SDK Tools Android SDK Platform-tools Android SDK Build-tools  latest  Android 2 2  API 8   SDK Platform Google APIs    This is what worked for me

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Just removing uses-sdk tag works for me for such problems

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Failure  INSTALL FAILED OLDER SDK   For Sumsung note3 I just edit the AndroidManifest xml file and add the following code    lt uses-sdk     android minSdkVersion  8      android targetSdkVersion  17   gt

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This is because you mobile has older sdk version than your application      It means your application need sdk version suppose Lollipop but you mobile has version kitkat

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After I changed  defaultConfig       applicationId  com example bocheng myapplication      minSdkVersion 15     targetSdkVersion  L   change this to 19     versionCode 1     versionName  1 0      in build gradle file   it works

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Make Sure the Select Run Debug Configuration is wear or mobile as per your installation in android studio

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