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Set up the 12L SDK
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To develop with the 12L APIs and test your app, you need to set up the 12L SDK.
Follow the instructions on this page to set up the Android 12 SDK in Android
Studio and build and run your app on 12L.
Get Android Studio
The 12L SDK includes changes that are not compatible with some lower versions of
Android Studio. For the best development experience with the 12L SDK, use
Android Studio Chipmunk | 2021.2.1 or higher.
Get Android Studio
Install the SDK
Within Android Studio, you can install the 12L SDK as follows:
- Click Tools > SDK Manager, then click Show Package Details.
- In the SDK Platforms tab, expand the Android 12L ("Sv2") section and
select the Android SDK Platform 32 package.
- In the SDK Tools tab, expand the Android SDK Build-Tools 34 section
and select the latest
32.x.x version.
- Click Apply > OK to download and install the selected packages.
Update your app's build configuration
To access 12L APIs and test your app's compatibility with 12L, open your
module-level build.gradle or build.gradle.kts file, and update the
compileSdkVersion and targetSdkVersion with values for 12L:
Groovy
android {
compileSdkVersion "32"
defaultConfig {
targetSdkVersion "32"
}
}
Kotlin
android {
compileSdkVersion("32")
defaultConfig {
targetSdkVersion("32")
}
}
To learn more about the features and changes in 12L, see 12L features and
changes.
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Last updated 2024-09-03 UTC.
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