Android SDK and API levels in Android Kotlin - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to set the minimum SDK version in the build.gradle file.

Android Kotlin

android {
    defaultConfig {
        minSdkVersion [1]
    }
}

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AversionCode

BcompileSdkVersion

CtargetSdkVersion

D21

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using compileSdkVersion instead of minSdkVersion.

Using a string instead of a number.

The minSdkVersion specifies the lowest Android API level your app supports.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to set the target SDK version in the build.gradle file.

Android Kotlin

android {
    defaultConfig {
        targetSdkVersion [1]
    }
}

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A30

BminSdkVersion

CversionCode

DcompileSdkVersion

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Confusing targetSdkVersion with minSdkVersion.

Using a variable name instead of a number.

The targetSdkVersion tells the system which API level your app is designed to run on.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the code to correctly set the compile SDK version.

Android Kotlin

android {
    compileSdkVersion [1]
}

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A"30"

BcompileSdkVersion

C30

DtargetSdkVersion

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Putting the number in quotes causing a syntax error.

Using the wrong property name.

The compileSdkVersion must be a number without quotes.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to declare the SDK versions in the build.gradle file.

Android Kotlin

android {
    compileSdkVersion [1]
    defaultConfig {
        minSdkVersion [2]
    }
}

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A33

B21

C30

DversionCode

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Swapping the values of compileSdkVersion and minSdkVersion.

Using versionCode instead of SDK versions.

compileSdkVersion is usually the latest SDK version, here 33.
minSdkVersion is the minimum supported, here 21.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to set SDK versions and version code in build.gradle.

Android Kotlin

android {
    compileSdkVersion [1]
    defaultConfig {
        minSdkVersion [2]
        versionCode [3]
    }
}

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A33

B21

C1

DversionName

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using versionName instead of versionCode.

Using strings instead of numbers for versionCode.

compileSdkVersion is set to 33.
minSdkVersion is set to 21.
versionCode is an integer that increments with each release, here 1.