How to set minimum android version support in ionic +react + capacitor project?

Question

I don't know how to set the minimum version of android to support, the apk created works only in new versions of android and doesn't work on older ones, i am a web developer and never developed anything related to android before, should i install sdk platforms related to that version on android studio or there is a certain config to change in my development files???

Answer 1

If you are using the latest Capacitor version (v4) you can set the minimum and target SDK version in android/variables.gradle.

ext {
    minSdkVersion = 21
    compileSdkVersion = 30
    targetSdkVersion = 30
    ...
}

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