Apps which android version should i use ?

[juste]

i am just new in android. i installed eclipse and Android SDK and AVD also. when i watched some videos and i saw there are many emulator types. so which one should i use while developing an application ?

 

[jiminaus]

Do you mean which target (Android 2.3.3, Android 3.2, Android 4.0, etc.) or do you mean which skin (WVGA800, WXGA720, etc.)?

 

[juste]

i mean as target. actually i dont know what is skin already. but i meant target because different smartphones have different android version. so which one should i use ?

 

[ardchoille]

i mean as target. actually i dont know what is skin already. but i meant target because different smartphones have different android version. so which one should i use ?

Keep in mind that if you use, for example, 3.0 as your target, users who are running anything below 3.0 won't see your apps listed in the market on their phone.

 

[juste]

then is it better to use lower targets ? everyone can use the application i developed. right ?

 

[jiminaus]

You might find this page useful. Platform Versions | Android Developers.

If would steer clear of Android 4.0 right now. Especially if your using Internet tutorials because it's very new and I understand very different. Not even all the stuff on developer.android.com has been updated yet.

So it narrows it down to Android 2.x if you're wanting to develop smartphone apps or Android 3.x if you're wanting to develop tablet apps.

I would advise targeting Android 2.3.3 while you're learning. I understand that Android 2.3.3 largely just added stuff to android 2.3, which itself just added stuff to android 2.2. So if you see Android 2.2 code, there's a good chance it'll still just work in Android 2.3.3. Whereas there's stuff in 2.x that's been deprecated in 4.x and requires code changes.


In regards to skins, just use the default for now. Later you can try out your app using other skins to test how your app works on other screen resolution/density combinations.

 

[juste]

thanks for the useful infos. i am reading the link now.