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Getting Android Apps Ready for Google Play’s Target API Level Requirements

June 21, 2018 Jun 21, 2018 06/21/18
James Montemagno
Starting this year, Google Play will roll out a new policy that impacts all Android developers submitting new apps and app updates. This blog post will ensure that your application is fully ready for these changes, which will require the targetSdkVersion to be set to Android 8.0 API level 26 or higher, when it goes into effect for new apps on August 1, 2018 and for app updates on November 1, 2018.