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Backward Compatibility

Article about Compatibility

The Android platform strives to ensure backwards compatibility. However, sometimes you want to use new features which aren't supported on older platforms. This article discusses strategies for selectively using these features based on availability, allowing you to keep your applications portable across a wide range of devices.

Future-Proofing Your Apps

Article about Compatibility

A collection of common sense advice to help you ensure that your applications don't break when new versions of the Android platform are released.

Service API changes starting with Android 2.0

Article about Compatibility and Multi-tasking

This article describes the changes and improvements to services introduced in Android 2.0, as well as strategies for compatibility with older versions of the platform.

Action Bar Compatibility new!

Sample for User Interface, Compatibility and New Features

Shows how to use the action bar on both pre-API 11 and API 11+ devices, maximizing code re-use.

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