I am not looking for the min sdk. I should have made that clear. My intent is to write and app that pulls the targetSdkVersion from all of a user's installed apps in order to present them with a clear picture of what should and should not run on their device in the event that they update to a newer build of Android. This in response to a user's question on XDA. I did a cursory search and decided it wasn't impossible and that I should just write something like that as I continue to learn the platform.
I think the app would be useful to someone like me who is constantly moving from one "rom" to another"on my personal devices. A good example of the kind of a situation a user might want to avoid is with Logitech's Harmony for Revue, a great app that runs perfect on 2.3.4 but refuses to install to the same device on 4.0.3. Logitech will probably never update the app as the platform was abandoned and an application that works as I have described would at least provide a little foreknowledge. I didn't search too hard for a current solution because a) others users can and b) I don't care because I like the idea and I am learning by doing. Thanks a lot for the link and the excellent answer. I should have found that, but I couldn't. On Thursday, March 22, 2012 8:18:53 PM UTC-6, Dianne Hackborn wrote: > > You can only easily get targetSdkVersion, from here: > http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/ApplicationInfo.html#targetSdkVersion<http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/ApplicationInfo.html#targetSdkVersion> > > There generally isn't a reason to what minSdkVersion. (Or really > targetSdkVersion unless you are writing compatibility code within the > platform.) Why are you looking for it? > > On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 6:37 PM, exiquio <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I see that almost everything from an apps AndroidManifest.xml file get be >> retrieved programmatically. What I do see is how to pull the apps min and >> max API levels for the SDK as in: >> >> <uses-sdk android:targetSdkVersion="15" /> >> <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="7" /> >> >> Is it possible and can anyone point me in the right direction? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Android Developers" group. >> To post to this group, send email to >> android-developers@googlegroups.com<[email protected]> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> android-developers+[email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en> > > > > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > [email protected] > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > answer them. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
