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Android

Posted by Derek Kneisel
Derek Kneisel
2,487 Points

Issue with running App on phone

I get an error " Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_OLDER_SDK] " when I try to run my App. The Android I am using is the Droid X.

Derek Kneisel
Derek Kneisel
2,487 Points

I got it to work thanks a lot for helping

1 Answer

Kristen Law
Kristen Law
16,244 Points
Kristen Law
Kristen Law
16,244 Points

Hey Derek! I ran into this problem too a while back. Is your compileSdkVersion or targetSdkVersion set to 'android-L' by any chance? I was able to fix the issue by changing those to 19 (and I think 20 will work as well). You can check the compileSdkVersion and targetSdkVersion in the build.gradle file (assuming you're using Android Studio).

Hope that helps!

Derek Kneisel
Derek Kneisel
2,487 Points

I can't find compileSdkVersion or targetSdkVersion in build.gradle.

Kristen Law
Kristen Law
16,244 Points

Did you open the build.gradle in the app directory? It should look something like this.

Derek Kneisel
Derek Kneisel
2,487 Points

Sorry I went to the wrong build.gradle.. compileSdkVersion and targetSdkVersion are set to 19 already

Kristen Law
Kristen Law
16,244 Points

Ok, it's also possible that the app is being created for a version of the operating system that is higher than the one your device. What is your minSdkVersion set to? The latest operating system version supported by Droid X was 2.3 Gingerbread (which is API level 10) so assuming that your phone is running on that version, your minSdkVersion should be 10 or lower.