Hi there ,
Fairly new to developing android apps so forgive me if i'm noobing it but im having problems wrapping my head around API levels. I've looked it up and I understand the definition but I am at a loss as for what I should use.
Recently been using a fairly low API (8 if you must know) and my reasoning was that I wanted my application to compatible with many devices. This was all fine and dandy up until I change from linear layout to grid layout and this was throwing up warnings that it needed API 14 to work , and stopped working on my emulator.
So my issue is that... Am I stuck building a crappy looking XML because I cant use spacings... or Do I have to cut out all "Legacy" devices ...or am I going about this all wrong?
Again , I am re-reading this and I am unsure if I am explaining myself correctly so please forgive me if I sound noobish.
Fairly new to developing android apps so forgive me if i'm noobing it but im having problems wrapping my head around API levels. I've looked it up and I understand the definition but I am at a loss as for what I should use.
Recently been using a fairly low API (8 if you must know) and my reasoning was that I wanted my application to compatible with many devices. This was all fine and dandy up until I change from linear layout to grid layout and this was throwing up warnings that it needed API 14 to work , and stopped working on my emulator.
So my issue is that... Am I stuck building a crappy looking XML because I cant use spacings... or Do I have to cut out all "Legacy" devices ...or am I going about this all wrong?
Again , I am re-reading this and I am unsure if I am explaining myself correctly so please forgive me if I sound noobish.