What is the difference between compileSdkVersion and targetSdkVersion?

Question

I have looked at the documentation for building with Gradle, but I\'m still not sure what the difference between compileSdkVersion and targetSdkVersion

Answer 1

Quick summary:

For minSDKversion, see latest entry in twitter handle: https://twitter.com/minSdkVersion

TargetSDKversion: see latest entry in twitter handle: https://twitter.com/targtSdkVersion or use the latest API level as indicated at devel https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html

Compiled version: make it same as TargetSDKversion

maxSdkVersion: advice from Android is to not set this as you do not want to limit your app to not perform on future android releases