Getting error "Devices: Flex[21] do not meet minSdkVersion: 22 in your AndroidManifest.xml file" when uploading APK for Flex 2

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victorespina asked Feb 5, '21 victorespina commented Feb 8, '21

Getting error "Devices: Flex[21] do not meet minSdkVersion: 22 in your AndroidManifest.xml file" when uploading APK for Flex 2

I am trying to upload a new version of an app I am creating for Clover Flex 2, but I am getting this error:

Devices: Flex[21] do not meet minSdkVersion: 22 in your AndroidManifest.xml file.

If I try to manually add minSdkVersion property to my AndroidManifest.xml file, gradle would complain about that property should be included in a gradle script.... and my app gradle script DOES contain minSdkVersion 22 already.

Any ideas of what could be the problem?

P.S.: not sure if related, but I am using Ionic + Cordova to build this app, and last year I as able to build and upload several versions of this app without problem.

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Answer 1 · 2021-02-07T22:26:02Z

victorespina answered Feb 7, '21 victorespina edited Feb 8, '21

just realized what the real problem is... I misunderstood the error message; its actually complaining about the actual value of minSdkVersion, because its setted to 22 and the rules were expecting 21 or less.... this would be a HUGE complication for me, because it would force me to move back to a previous version of Ionic and cordova. Pufffff.....

**IMPORTANT**

Thanks to David Marginian for clarifying the cause of my problem. I transcribe here his comment for future references:

The API level that the device is running at is not technically the same as the minimum SDK version, so the docs you were looking at (https://docs.clover.com/docs/clover-devices) aren't helpful for determining what versions to set in your manifest. You should be using https://docs.clover.com/docs/setting-android-sdk-versions.

So, according to the clover docs, the correct values for Flex/Flex2 apps would be:

minSdkVersion: 21
targetSdkVersion: 25
compileSdkVersion: 27

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David Marginian ♦♦ commented · Feb 07, 2021 at 10:34 PM

I'll look into this. There may be something off with the upload rule.

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victorespina commented · Feb 08, 2021 at 02:23 PM

I finally get the sandbox to accept my app, by downgrading my Cordova version to 8.1.2 and setting cdvMinSdkVersion to 21 and cdvTargetSdkVersion to 25 in the gradle.properties file on my Ionic project.

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David Marginian ♦♦ victorespina commented · Feb 08, 2021 at 03:52 PM

Yes, 21 is the correct minSdkVersion for Flex. https://docs.clover.com/docs/setting-android-sdk-versions

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Answer 2 · 2021-02-05T14:04:36Z

David Marginian Deactivated answered Feb 5, '21 victorespina commented Feb 8, '21

Are you sure your app doesn't support Flex 1? https://docs.clover.com/docs/setting-android-sdk-versions

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victorespina commented · Feb 05, 2021 at 05:54 PM

Good point. Yes, my app should work with both Flex and Flex 2 devices. I will adjust the value of minSdkVersion to 17 and see if this solves the problem. Thanks.

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victorespina victorespina commented · Feb 07, 2021 at 05:49 PM

According to Clover devices docs, Flex model requires API Level 22, while Flex2 requires API Level 27. I just made sure that my project meets does requirements, by using minSdkVersion = 22 and targetSdkVersion = 27, but I am still getting the same error when trying to upload my signed APK to the Clover's sandbox.

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David Marginian ♦♦ victorespina commented · Feb 07, 2021 at 06:19 PM

Try setting it to 21, and let me know. I will need to look at the docs you linked, maybe they are inaccurate. I am not 100%. https://docs.clover.com/docs/setting-android-sdk-versions

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Answer 3 · 2021-02-07T21:12:54Z

victorespina answered Feb 7, '21 David Marginian Deactivated commented Feb 7, '21

I just used apktool to extract the AndroidManifest.xml included in the APK being rejected, and as far as I can see, the minSdkValue IS present:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?><manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:compileSdkVersion="29" android:compileSdkVersionCodename="10" android:hardwareAccelerated="true" android:minSdkVersion="22" package="com.noi.payapp" platformBuildVersionCode="29" platformBuildVersionName="10">
    <supports-screens android:anyDensity="true" android:largeScreens="true" android:normalScreens="true" android:resizeable="true" android:smallScreens="true" android:xlargeScreens="true"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
    <uses-permission android:maxSdkVersion="27" android:minSdkVersion="22" android:name="android.permission.READ_CONTACTS"/>
    <uses-permission android:maxSdkVersion="27" android:minSdkVersion="22" android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS_PRIVILEGED"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH"/>
    <application android:appComponentFactory="androidx.core.app.CoreComponentFactory" android:hardwareAccelerated="true" android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher" android:label="@string/app_name" android:networkSecurityConfig="@xml/network_security_config" android:supportsRtl="true">
        <activity android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|locale|orientation|screenLayout|screenSize|smallestScreenSize|uiMode" android:label="@string/activity_name" android:launchMode="singleTop" android:name="com.noi.payapp.MainActivity" android:theme="@android:style/Theme.DeviceDefault.NoActionBar" android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize">
            <intent-filter android:label="@string/launcher_name">
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
    </application>
</manifest>

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David Marginian ♦♦ commented · Feb 07, 2021 at 09:35 PM

Did you see my previous comment:

Try setting it to 21, and let me know. I will need to look at the docs you linked, maybe they are inaccurate. I am not 100%. https://docs.clover.com/docs/setting-android-sdk-versions

At a minimum there appears to be a discrepancy between the https://docs.clover.com/docs/setting-android-sdk-versions (which seems to indicate you need to set your minSdk to 21 for Flex) and https://docs.clover.com/docs/clover-devices (which says 22). Obviously, you have it set to 22 and it isn't working so try setting it to 21.

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