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<h3 id="defined">What does “Compatibility” mean?</h3>
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<p>A device is “Android compatible” if it can correctly run apps written for the
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<em>Android execution environment</em>.</p>
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<em>Android execution environment</em>. The exact details of the Android execution
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environment</em> are defined by the Android Compatibility Definition Document,
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but the single most important characteristic of a compatible device is the
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ability to install and correctly run an Android <code>.apk</code> file.</p>
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<p>There is exactly one Android API for each <a
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href="{@docRoot}guide/appendix/api-levels.html">API level</a>, and it’s the same
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ones, we will always take steps to protect existing applications so that they
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don’t end up being available to devices where they won’t work.</p>
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<p>This is implemented, in part, using the <code>aapt</code> tool in the SDK.
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To see which features your app explicitly requires or is implicitly assumed to
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require, you can use the command <code>aapt dump badging</code>.</p>
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<h3 id="conclusion">Conclusion</h3>
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<p>The goal of Android is to create a huge installed base for developers to take
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<p>For more information about Android device compatibility, please visit:</p>
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<p style="margin-left:2em;"><a href="http://source.android.com/compatibility/index.html">http://source.android.com/compatibility/index.html</a></p>
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