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Asked: 2026-05-22T22:15:08+00:00

I wrote a program that worked perfectly until the market required me to add

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I wrote a program that worked perfectly until the market required me to add ‘minSdkVersion’. Since I was using 2.3.3 capabilities I set it at 10,but then my program stopped being able to access files from the disk (all file access is false though it works without ‘minSdkVersion’). Changing it to require API 1 fixed the functionality but now inadequate OS versions can download it. Should the ‘minSdkVersion’ be able to change actual functionality? Any ideas what could cause this?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I’m going to assume when you say “access files” you mean on the SD card.
    In this case, you need to add 2 new permissions:

        <uses-permission 
android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/> 
    <uses-permission 
android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>

    These permissions weren’t added until API level 4, so anything below that gets them for free.

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