Where to change minSdkVersion setting in PhoneGap app

Question

I'm having a strange issue when trying to build a basic PhoneGap app on OS X. The app is setup with just the Android platform. I'm getting the following error when I enter "PhoneGap build".

:processDebugManifest
/Volumes/Data/Tests/my-app/platforms/android/AndroidManifest.xml:15:5 Error:

uses-sdk:minSdkVersion 7 cannot be smaller than version 10 declared in library /Volumes/Data/Tests/my-app/platforms/android/build/intermediates/exploded-aar/android/CordovaLib/unspecified/debug/AndroidManifest.xml
Suggestion: use tools:overrideLibrary="org.apache.cordova" to force usage

When I then edit the indicated file and set the line to

<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion=“10” android:targetSdkVersion="22" />

and build again, the error doesn't change. Does this setting exist somewhere else? Or is there something else going on here?

Answer 1

The AndroidManifest.xml file is overwritten during the build process by the values from config.xml. You should define this properties in the config.xml file.

Reference: http://docs.build.phonegap.com/en_US/3.3.0/configuring_preferences.md.html#Preferences

<preference name="android-minSdkVersion" value="10" />