Reminder: Google Play Services support minimum API 14 from next monday

[corwin42]

Google will release new Google Play Services on next monday (Feb. 13th, 2017).

If your apps use Play Services like Firebase etc. you should change the minsdk version of your app to 14 or higher.

Since we can not address a special version of the play services and B4A always uses the latest one once you have updated your Android SDK to the new Google repository you will probably get an error if you have a minsdk version lower than 14 in your app and try to compile it.

More information in this blogpost.

 

[sorex]

Thanks for the info, Corwin.

But how do I know what version I have installed?

they talk about 10.0.0 & 10.0.2 but when I look at the SDK Manager it gives 38 as version next to google play services.

 

[corwin42]

Thanks for the info, Corwin.

But how do I know what version I have installed?

they talk about 10.0.0 & 10.0.2 but when I look at the SDK Manager it gives 38 as version next to google play services.

Go to <sdk-installation-folder>\extras\google\m2repository\com\google\android\gms\play-services

There are many subfolders with version numbers. The latest currently is 10.0.1.
I guess they will release a new version next monday which will have version 10.2.0.

 

[sorex]

yes, I also have 10.0.1 here as latest.

 

[Erel]

It is important to see the versions distribution: https://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html

Android 4.0+ covers 99% of the devices.