Android version downgrade

Question

Please I am trying to build a small android app with ionic but I downloaded android SDK 5.1.1 .
I wish to deploy to a device that has android version 2.3.3 but it won't even build .

It keeps telling me that the target app is android-22. I want it to build for a lower version like android-8.

Please any help will really be appreciated.
I only want it to be able to build for a lower version

I tried to edit the version in the androidManifest.xml files on my project but still I get errors

Answer 1

->First of all, let`s make sure you have downloaded the plateform for Android 2.2 using Android SDK Manager. ->Set android:minSdkVersion to 8 in androidManifest.xml ->Verify the BuidTarget attribute, since it specifies the development tool of which api to provide you.

->Your problem seems to be the absence of API8 in your SDK.

Answer 2

您可能需要在build.gradle中更改您的minSdk

Answer 3

in the app build.gradle file set the min sdk version as 8.

defaultConfig {
    applicationId "com.etrade.mobilepro.activity"
    minSdkVersion 8
     versionCode 87
     versionName "4.5"

}

Since the app is not building I guess you don't have that particular sdk.I would suggest downloading the sdk through sdk manager.