Android API Levels

This is an overview of all Android versions and their corresponding identifiers for Android developers. Anyone is welcome to open an issue or pull request. Happy developing!

Version	SDK / API level	Version code	Codename	Cumulative usage ¹	Year ⁴
Android 17	Level 37.2 Android 17 QPR2 ^BETA	`CINNAMON_BUN_2`	Cinnamon Bun ²	1.8%	2026
	Level 37.1 Android 17 QPR1 ^BETA	`CINNAMON_BUN_1`
	Level 37 Android 17	`CINNAMON_BUN`
Android 16	Level 36.1 Android 16 QPR2	`BAKLAVA_1`	Baklava ²	39.4%	2025
	Level 36 Android 16	`BAKLAVA`	Baklava ²
	`targetSdk` must be 36+ for new apps and app updates as of August 31, 2026.
Android 15	Level 35	`VANILLA_ICE_CREAM`	Vanilla Ice Cream ²	55.3%	2024
Android 14	Level 34	`UPSIDE_DOWN_CAKE`	Upside Down Cake ²	67.4%	2023
Android 13	Level 33	`TIRAMISU`	Tiramisu ²	79.0%	2022
Android 12	Level 32 Android 12L	`S_V2`	Snow Cone ²	86.6%	2022
Android 12	Level 31 Android 12	`S`	Snow Cone ²	86.6%	2021
Android 11	Level 30	`R`	Red Velvet Cake ²	92.9%	2020
Android 10	Level 29	`Q`	Quince Tart ²	96.2%	2019
Android 9	Level 28	`P`	Pie	97.9%	2018
Android 8	Level 27 Android 8.1	`O_MR1`	Oreo	98.8%	2017
Android 8	Level 26 Android 8.0	`O`	Oreo	99.1%	2017
Android 7	Level 25 Android 7.1	`N_MR1`	Nougat	99.2%	2016
Android 7	Level 24 Android 7.0	`N`	Nougat	99.4%	2016
Android 6	Level 23	`M`	Marshmallow	99.6%	2015
Android 6	Jetpack/AndroidX libraries require a `minSdk` of 23 or higher since June 2025. Google Play Services v24.28+ requires API Level 23 or higher since July 2024.			99.6%
Android 5	Level 22 Android 5.1	`LOLLIPOP_MR1`	Lollipop	99.7%
	Level 21 Android 5.0	`LOLLIPOP`, `L`	Lollipop	99.8%	2014
	Jetpack/AndroidX libraries require a `minSdk` of 21 or higher since April 2024. Jetpack Compose requires a `minSdk` of 21 or higher. Google Play services v23.30.99+ (August 2023) drops support for API levels below 21.			99.8%
Android 4	Level 20 Android 4.4W ³	`KITKAT_WATCH`	KitKat	99.8%
	Level 19 Android 4.4	`KITKAT`	KitKat		2013
	Jetpack/AndroidX libraries require a `minSdk` of 19 or higher since October 2023. Google Play services v21.33.56+ (July 2021) drops support for API levels below 19.
	Level 18 Android 4.3	`JELLY_BEAN_MR2`	Jelly Bean	99.8%
	Level 17 Android 4.2	`JELLY_BEAN_MR1`		99.8%	2012
	Level 16 Android 4.1	`JELLY_BEAN`		99.8%
	Google Play services v14.8.39+ (December 2018) drops support for API levels below 16.			99.8%
	Level 15 Android 4.0.3 – 4.0.4	`ICE_CREAM_SANDWICH_MR1`	Ice Cream Sandwich	99.8%	2011
	Level 14 Android 4.0.1 – 4.0.2	`ICE_CREAM_SANDWICH`	Ice Cream Sandwich
	Earlier Jetpack/AndroidX libraries required a `minSdk` of 14 or higher.
Android 3	Level 13 Android 3.2	`HONEYCOMB_MR2`	Honeycomb	No data
	Level 12 Android 3.1	`HONEYCOMB_MR1`
	Level 11 Android 3.0	`HONEYCOMB`
Android 2	Level 10 Android 2.3.3 – 2.3.7	`GINGERBREAD_MR1`	Gingerbread
	Level 9 Android 2.3.0 – 2.3.2	`GINGERBREAD`	Gingerbread		2010
	Level 8 Android 2.2	`FROYO`	Froyo
	Level 7 Android 2.1	`ECLAIR_MR1`	Eclair
	Level 6 Android 2.0.1	`ECLAIR_0_1`			2009
	Level 5 Android 2.0	`ECLAIR`
Android 1	Level 4 Android 1.6	`DONUT`	Donut
	Level 3 Android 1.5	`CUPCAKE`	Cupcake
	Level 2 Android 1.1	`BASE_1_1`	Petit Four
	Level 1 Android 1.0	`BASE`	None		2008

Definitions

Gradle files

Kotlin variable	Groovy variable	Definition
`minSdk`	`minSdkVersion`	The minimum SDK version your app will support, defined in `build.gradle`. For example, if your `minSdk` is 26, this SDK version corresponds to API Level 26 and Android 8, so your app will only run on devices with Android 8 or higher.
`targetSdk`	`targetSdkVersion`	The SDK version that your app targets, defined in `build.gradle`. This should always be the same as `compileSdk`.
`compileSdk`	`compileSdkVersion`	The SDK version that your app compiles against, defined in `build.gradle`. Android Studio uses this SDK version to build your AABs and APKs. This should always be the same as `targetSdk`.

Code files

Variable	Definition
`Build.VERSION.SDK_INT`	The major API level of the Android OS currently running on the user's device. For example, on a device running Android 11, this value will be `30` (aka `Build.VERSION_CODES.R`), even if the target and compile SDK of the app is different. Minor SDK releases retain their integer major API level.
`Build.VERSION.SDK_INT_FULL`	The full API level of the Android OS, including its minor API level. For example, Android 17 QPR1 is API level 37.1 and reports `3700001` (aka `Build.VERSION_CODES_FULL.CINNAMON_BUN_1`), while `SDK_INT` remains `37`. Compare against named constants because the integer encoding may change.

Footnotes

Cumulative usage distribution figures were last updated on October 29, 2026 using September 2026 data from Statcounter GlobalStats and this script. These figures may have changed significantly since the last update. You may update the figures yourself with a pull request. ↩
The codenames for Android 10 and above in the table are the internal codenames. Beginning with Android 10, Google dropped the usage of codenames publicly. ↩
Android 4.4W is the first Android release for Android Wear. ↩
The years represent the year of first stable release of each version. The release dates are from android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES including later versions' years from the Official Android blog (12, 12L, 13, 14, 15) ↩

Definitions

Gradle files

Code files

Footnotes

See also