Dealing with deprecated methods in android

Question

I'm currently building an app targeting API 23, with a minimum API of 19.
In API 23 some of the methods of the android.widget.TimePicker component was replaced.

For example:

TimePicker.getCurrentHour();

was replaced by:

TimePicker.getHour();

Now, when using TimePicker in my app I should check whether the device is using API 22 or above with the following if statement:

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.M)
        TimePicker.getHour();
    else
        TimePicker.getCurrentHour();

What I did was extending the TimePicker class and implementing the deprecated methods like this:

public class TimePicker extends android.widget.TimePicker {

    public TimePicker(Context context) {
        super(context);
    }

    public void setCurrentHour(int hour) {
        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.M)
            super.setHour(hour);
        else
            super.setCurrentHour(hour);
    }

    public void setCurrentMinute(int minute) {
        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.M)
            super.setMinute(minute);
        else
            super.setCurrentMinute(minute);
    }

    public int getCurrentHour() {
        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.M)
            return super.getHour();
        else
            return super.getCurrentHour();
    }

    public int getCurrentMinute() {
        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.M)
            return super.getMinute();
        else
            return super.getCurrentMinute();
    }
}

so the user who uses this class won't affect the change of the methods (he should only replace the import of the TimePicker class in his implementation).

Is it the right way doing so? or there is a better solution?

Thanks

Answer 1

The way you performed is good practice as far as I can read from the shown part.

However, as I have seen so far, the best practice has been to make different subdivisions from each class you intend to publish, and stack the program during installation.

This basically means that if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.M) goes at the top of the class.

If your project intends to go under more versions, I suggest this:

public class Example extends moreExamples implements additionalExamples{
   switch(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT){
      case Build.VERSION_CODES.M:
         codeVersionM();
         break;
      case Build.VERSION_CODES.L:
         codeVersionL();
         break;
      case Build.VERSION_CODES.K:
         codeVersionK();
         break;
      default:
         errorNoBuildImplemented();
   }
}