Build.VERSION.SDK_INT
returns 28 instead of 29 when running on Android Q emulator. Is there anything I am missing? I am trying to add logic specifically for Android Q but I do not know how to determine this version correctly.
app.gradle file contains
targetSdkVersion = 'Q'
compileSdkVersion = 'android-Q'
Before the API is finalized and officially becomes API 29 (where you'd use compileSdkVersion 29, etc), you must use BuildCompat.isAtLeastQ():
Checks if the device is running on a pre-release version of Android Q or newer.
Note: This method will return false on devices running release versions of Android. When Android Q is finalized for release, this method will be deprecated and all calls should be replaced with
Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.Q.
Note that Ian's solution requires AndroidX and is only available from Java/Kotlin code.
If your project is not ready for AndroidX just yet, or you need the value in a resource or the manifest, you can use bool resources:
Create res/values/bools.xml and put <bool name="isQ">false</bool> in there
Create res/values-v29/bools.xml and put <bool name="isQ">true</bool> in there
At this point, if you refer to the isQ resource, you will get true on Android Q and higher devices, false otherwise.
