Mar 4, 2025 · Start building your Android app with the Android Platform APIs. They are available in Kotlin and Java . Note: Many Kotlin reference topics are derived from Java-based source code.

Apr 16, 2025 · Android 13 introduces great new features and APIs for developers. The sections below help you learn about features for your apps and get started with the related APIs. For a detailed list of new, modified, and removed APIs, read the API diff report. For details on new APIs visit the Android API reference — new

Apr 16, 2025 · Android 11 introduces great new features and APIs for developers. The sections below help you learn about features for your apps and get started with the related APIs. For a detailed list of new, modified, and removed APIs, read the API diff report. For details on new APIs visit the Android API reference — new

Mar 13, 2025 · Uses of API level in Android. The API level identifier serves a key role in helping ensure the best possible experience for users and application developers: It lets the Android platform describe the maximum framework API revision that it supports. It lets applications describe the framework API revision that they require.

Apr 16, 2025 · Android 12 introduces great new features and APIs for developers. The sections below help you learn about features for your apps and get started with the related APIs. For a detailed list of new, modified, and removed APIs, read the API diff report. For details on new APIs visit the Android API reference — new

Apr 16, 2025 · Important: To see the most recent Android system components in the Android SDK Manager, you must first install the most recent Android SDK Command-Line tools package. Android 16 (API level 36) For details about the platform changes, see the Android 16 documentation .

Jan 14, 2025 · Android 14 introduces great features and APIs for developers in areas such as camera, media, internationalization, accessibility, and user experience.

May 20, 2024 · Android 6.0 offers new features for users and app developers. This document provides an introduction to the most notable APIs. Start developing. To start building apps for Android 6.0, you must first get the Android SDK. Then use the SDK Manager to download the Android 6.0 SDK Platform and System Images. Update your target API level

Nov 19, 2024 · API Versioning. Starting with Android 11 (API level 30), Android devices include a set of SDK Extensions. When new APIs are added, they are included in an API level, but may also be included in an SDK extension of a particular version.

Apr 16, 2025 · Android's Path API is a powerful and flexible mechanism for creating and rendering vector graphics, with the ability to stroke or fill a path, construct a path from line segments or quadratic or cubic curves, perform boolean operations to get even more complex shapes, or all of these simultaneously. One limitation is the ability to find out ...