Android's consumer face uses version numbers to represent progress, but for developers there is something called an "API level" (sometimes called the "SDK version"). This is a version number of ...

Talking of the latest update to Android (Version 5.1 of Lollipop rolls out)… Google has just officially announced the 5.1 SDK, which now represents API Level 22, to enable development and testing of ...

Every new version of Android comes with a new API level, which changes how the app framework functions, adding new features, new restrictions, and new security measures. Currently, developers can ...

A new update heading to Android later this year means that apps that are over two years old will need to update their API target in order to stay accessible on newer devices. Currently, Android ...

New apps and updates already have to “target an Android API level within one year of the latest major Android OS version release,” or they cannot be published. Moving forward (emphasis ours ...