Android Studio : Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_OLDER_SDK]

Question

Today I have downloaded Android Studio v 0.8.0 beta. I am trying to test my app on SDK 17 . Android studio error Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_OLDER_SDK] Here is my a

Answer 1

Another way to support Android L is to use custom lpreview property for Gradle. For instance:

lpreview = hasProperty('lpreview')

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
    compileSdkVersion lpreview ? "android-L" : 19
    buildToolsVersion "20.0.0"

    productFlavors { lpreview ? lpreview{} : classic{} }

    defaultConfig lpreview ? {} : {
        minSdkVersion 14
        targetSdkVersion 19
    }

Now, you can build your app with:

./gradlew clean
./gradlew -Plpreview assembleDebug

or

./gradlew -Plpreview installLpreviewDebug

This way you can build your app with lpreview property for Android L and without it for previous versions.

Answer 2

The real issue is that with vanilla Android Studio v 0.8 beta, it only installs/recognize SDK 20 which is android L. In order to target another complieSDK you need to install it via the SDK manager. Once it is set, you can then change the compileSDK to a lower version and it should work.

you may also want to restrict the compatibility library, it needs to be restricted from using the latest version of the library so change the dependecy to something like :

compile('com.android.support:appcompat-v7:19.1.0') {
    // really use 19.1.0 even if something else resolves higher
    force = true
}

Answer 3

your device older than minSDK , edit minSdkVersion in build.gradle

Answer 4

<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="19"/>

In AndroidManifest.xml worked for me on Android Studio(Beta)0.8.2.

Answer 5

I ran into the same issue and solved it by downloading api level 20 using sdk manager and changing every string that points to android-L. I did it because I dont have a kitkat device and don't want to use emulator. See the image download the marked one.

Here's my build config:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
compileSdkVersion 20//changed this from default
buildToolsVersion "20.0.0"

defaultConfig {
    applicationId "com.example.subash.test"
    minSdkVersion 12//changed this from default
    targetSdkVersion 20//changed this from default
    versionCode 1
    versionName "1.0"
}
buildTypes {
    release {
        runProguard false
        proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
    }
}
}

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
}

Answer 6

Do those changes in build.gradle file in the wear module

compileSdkVersion 20
targetSdkVersion 20

So the final wear/build.gradle content will be:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 20
    buildToolsVersion "20.0.0"

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "your package name"
        minSdkVersion 20
        targetSdkVersion 20
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            runProguard false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    compile 'com.google.android.support:wearable:+'
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-wearable:+'
}