Ionic application targets API level 25 and must target at least API level 26

Question

I am creating an android application using ionic 3, when i attempt to upload to playstore i get an error that my app targets api 25, when i check my project.property the value of target =android-26, same with my androidManifest.xml the value of targetSdkVersion = 26, how do i set the target again. Below is my ionic info

Ionic:

ionic (Ionic CLI) : 4.4.0 (C:\\Users\\IETECH\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\ionic) Ionic Framework : ionic-angular 3.9.2 @ionic/app-scripts : 3.1.8

Cordova:

cordova (Cordova CLI) : not installed Cordova Platforms : not available Cordova Plugins : cordova-plugin-ionic-keyboard 2.0.5, cordova-plugin-ionic-webview 1.1.1, (and 8 other plugins)

System:

Android SDK Tools : 26.1.1 (C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Android\\android-sdk) NodeJS : v8.12.0 (C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe) npm : 6.4.1 OS : Windows 10

Answer 1

Did you build using a specific android version? What versions have you installed to Android Studio? Maybe you built using a version provided automatically and somewhere in your config you had another version specified. Anyway cant answer with that information. When you build the app you get no errors?

Answer 2

You need to install android platform 26, and then change android:targetSdkVersion="26" in the <uses-sdk> tag in platforms/android/AndroidManifest.xml file in the Ionic 3 application folder.

You should then be able to create a new release build and upload the app to Play Store successfully.

Alternatively, if you upgrade cordova to the latest version, a fresh cordova build will create the AndroidManifest.xml file with android:targetSdkVersion="26" .

Answer 3

Open your config.xml in the root folder of the project and adjust version accordingly in the following section:

<platform name="android">
        <preference name="android-minSdkVersion" value="25" />
...

Basically update the value to what your min bar is.