Specify target API level in Layout xml android?

Question

I needed to add a digital clock in the layout. My min-supported API level is 14. I found out that there is a digital clock widget for API level below 17 (After that it got deprecated), and there is a text clock for API 17 and above.

So one thing I can do is to add both layout in xml and dynamically set the visibility based on version number in the code. But the xml will continuously show me that I have used Text Clock while my min-supported level is 14. So:

1. Is there a way in the xml to specify to ignore the min-sdk error. Something like

   @TargetApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN)
   

That we use in the normal java code.

2. Is there a way in XML to specify to use a particular widget based on version number. Some kind of if else statement in the xml that says:

   if((Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN) {
       //Use text clock
   } else {
       // Use digital clock
   }
   

Answer 1

If you want to show different layout depending api version, you can also name your resource folders to indicate version number like

/res/layout/layout.xml       (Default)

/res/layout-v14/layout.xml

/res/layout-v17/layout.xml