Xamarin create application for android 4 (VS2017 15.5.5)

Question

im trying to create an android application with xamarin (VS 2017 15.5.5). The default settings (xamarin cross-platform - blank app / .net standard, targeting android 7) gene

Answer 1

The latest version of Forms needs to compile against Android 8.0 (at least). In order to compile against API level 15, you would need to use a very old version of Forms.

Instead, compile against the latest API and set your min. and target APIs levels to 4.0.3

Under General setting, set the target framework:

• Target framework: Use Latest installed platform (8.1)

Under Android Application:

• Min Android version: Override - Android 4.0.3 (API level 15)

• Target Android version: Override - Android 4.0.3 (API level 15)

This results in a manifest that includes:

<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="15" android:targetSdkVersion="15" />

Note: You will need to test against an Android 4.0.3 device/emualtor to ensure that you are not using APIs from later versions of the Android SDK.