October 22, 2024
Chicago 12, Melborne City, USA
Android

How to build and publish Android app supporting older Androids


I have a very simple application based on Apache Cordova and for a couple of years it is exactly the same, actually a packaged web or ebook. There was a message on Google Play that I have to target the new version to API 34 and Android 14, so I released a new version set up like that, but it happened that this version is no longer available on older phones, even on Android 13 and 12, which are officially supported by Google . There is no reason to limit it like that, the app still technically does the same thing (shows content), and before the update it worked normally on those older systems.
Do you have any advice on how to publish the app to make it support at least all supported Android versions (and ideally maybe older ones)?
Thank you in advance.

I switched targeting in Cordova config.xml and expected I am adding support of Android 14, but I did not expecting I am cutting off older Androids.



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