[Benzoate]

I'm working through a book called Hello, Android and it haves you create a sudoku app in the book. I was trying to install it on my phone without having to put it on the android market... how would I do that? I put it on my phone and tried to open it in file viewer and it says "Parse Error: There is a problem parsing the package"... what can I do to install it on my phone?

(I have a Samsung Mezmerize)

[H3R3T1C]

What version of android is your phone running, what version of android do you have set for your project, and in your android manifest what do you have set as your Min sdk version?

[Benzoate]

I'm not sure what level my android is on, how do I check? But it should be fairly recent because I just got it in November. I have the project set on 14 (4.0.0) for the min sdk version

[H3R3T1C]

Ok you need to set your Min SDK Version to 4 not 14! if you set it to 14 this app will only install on android devices running android 4.0+. By setting it to 4 this app will run on android devices from 1.6 and up!

[Benzoate]

Thank you... Now one more question! What is the best way to do the whole min SDK version... Like should I only install 4, or should I install 4 up to the most recent... Do I have to have all the sdk versions to make sure it runs on all devices?

[H3R3T1C]

I usually set my min sdk version to 4 and select the latest version of android for my projects android sdk version.

[Benzoate]

okay, so I since I have to most recent sdk version, I just need to install 4 and set the min sdk to that and use the most recent for my projects... correct?

Also, How do I install more api levels?

This post has been edited by Benzoate: 24 June 2012 - 08:17 AM

[H3R3T1C]

No you just keep the sdk version you already have and just set the min sdk version to 4.

If you want to get other sdk versions you can download them by clicking on the icon that looks like an android head on top of a box with a down arrow in eclipse on the toolbar.

[Benzoate]

Awesome! Thank you for your help H3R3T1C