android7 api level,Android: API level VS. Android version

Lets you express an application's compatibility with one or more versions of the Android platform, by means of an API Level integer. The API Level expressed by an application will be compared to the API Level of a given Android system, which may vary among different Android devices.

Despite its name, this element is used to specify the API Level, not the version number of the SDK (software development kit) or Android platform. The API Level is always a single integer. You cannot derive the API Level from its associated Android version number (for example, it is not the same as the major version or the sum of the major and minor versions).

The Android platform provides a framework API that applications can use to interact with the underlying Android system. The framework API consists

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Users need to have specific information about the app version that is installed on their devices and the upgrade versions available for installation.

Android OS Versions starting from Android 1.0 till Android 10. Here is the list of all Android Versions names: