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Android Versions

Android has gone through quite a numbers of updates since its first release . show the various of Android and their codenames.

 In 2019, Google released Android 10.0;the Following are key changes in Android 10.0:
  • Split-screen multi-window mode
  • Redesigned notification shade
  • Refined "Doze" feature
  • Switch from JRE(Java Runtime Environment) to Open JDK
One important thing to keep in mind as you are looking Android versions is that each version has its own features and APIs (application programming interfaces), if your application is written for the newest version of Android, and its uses an API that was not present in an older version of Android, then only devices running that newer version of Android will be able to use your application.
 
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