Android 11 contains a
variety of great ways you can extend your app. Android 11
also includes behavior changes to improve battery life and security,
and to enhance user privacy. Some of these behavior changes
only affect apps that target Android 11,
while others affect all apps when they are running on an Android
11 device, regardless of an app's
targetSDKVersion
.
To develop with Android 11 APIs and test your app with the Android 11 behavior changes, follow the instructions on this page to set up the Android 11 SDK in Android Studio and build and run your app on Android 11.
Get Android Studio
The Android 11 SDK includes changes that are not compatible with some older versions of Android Studio. For the best development experience with the Android 11 SDK, use Android Studio 4.2 or higher.
You can compile and test Android 11 apps using Android Studio 3.3 and higher, but some users of the Android 11 SDK may encounter Gradle sync failures and warnings about outdated dependencies. Remember, you can keep your existing version of Android Studio installed, because you can install multiple versions side by side.
Get the Android 11 SDK
After you install and open Android Studio, install the Android 11 SDK as follows:
- Click Tools > SDK Manager.
- In the SDK Platforms tab, select Android 11.
- In the SDK Tools tab, select Android SDK Build-Tools 30 (or higher).
- Click OK to begin install.
Update your build configuration
Changing your app's build configuration to target Android 11 gives your app
access to the Android 11 APIs and lets you fully test your app's compatibility
as you prepare to add full support for Android
11. To do this, open your module-level
build.gradle
file and update the compileSdkVersion
and targetSdkVersion
:
Groovy
android { compileSdkVersion 30 defaultConfig { targetSdkVersion 30 } ... }
Kotlin
android { compileSdkVersion(30) defaultConfig { targetSdkVersion(30) } ... }
To learn about the changes in Android 11 that might affect your app so you can begin testing for them, read the following pages:
- Android 11 behavior changes affecting all apps
- Android 11 behavior changes affecting apps that target Android 11
- Android 11 privacy changes
To learn more about new APIs available in Android 11, read Android 11 features and APIs.