How to change the minSdkVersion of a project

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I have been building a project and testing it on the Android emulator    I realized that I set the minSdkVersion to 10  Now  I have a phone to test the program on  but its sdk version is 7    I tried to go into the manifest file  and change the sdk version to 7  but every time I run the program  it crashes    How can I rebuild or change the sdk version to a lower number  from 10 to 7   so that I can make sure my app is able to run on older phones

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Create a new AVD with the AVD Manager and set the Target to API Level 7  Try running your application with that AVD  Additionally  make sure that your min sdk in your Manifest file is at least set to 7

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If you use a cordova to build your app  for me the best soluction is change the argument cdvMinSdkVersion 15 to cdvMinSdkVersion 19 in the file platforms android gradle properties

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Open the app build gradle file and check the property field compileSdkVersion in the android section  Change it to what you prefer    If you have imported external libraries into your application  Ex  facebook   then make sure to check facebook build gradle also

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This is what worked for me   In the build gradle file  setting the minSdkVersion under defaultConfig     Good Luck

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Set the min SDK version within your project s AndroidManifest xml file     lt uses-sdk android minSdkVersion  4   gt    What exactly causes the crash   Iron out all crashes bugs in minimum version and then test in higher versions

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check it  Android Studio- file- project structure- app- flavors- min sdk version and if you want to run your application on your mobile you have to set min sdk version less than your device sdk API   you can install any API levels

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Set the min SDK version in your  project s AndroidManifest xml file and  in the toolbar search for  Sync Projects with Gradle Files  icon  It works for me   Also look for your project s build gradle file and update the min sdk version

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In your app build gradle file  you can set the minSdkVersion inside defaultConfig   android       compileSdkVersion 23     buildToolsVersion  23 0 3       defaultConfig           applicationId  com name app          minSdkVersion 19       This over here         targetSdkVersion 23         versionCode 1         versionName  1 0

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Delete this line    lt uses-sdk android targetSdkVersion         gt    in the file   AndroidManifest xml

[android] How to change the minSdkVersion of a project?

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