17a100c9c07877ee70c5fbdf5dff8795a5a5525a7Guru Nagarajanpage.title=Permitted Version Strings for Android 4.3 27a100c9c07877ee70c5fbdf5dff8795a5a5525a7Guru Nagarajan@jd:body 37a100c9c07877ee70c5fbdf5dff8795a5a5525a7Guru Nagarajan 440aaf59bd31dd9185370df10cda9a0f399d207aaClay Murphy<p>As described in Section 3.2.2 of the <a href="/compatibility/android-4.3-cdd.pdf">Android 4.3 Compatibility Definition</a>, 57a100c9c07877ee70c5fbdf5dff8795a5a5525a7Guru Nagarajanonly certain strings are allowable for the system property 67a100c9c07877ee70c5fbdf5dff8795a5a5525a7Guru Nagarajan<code>android.os.Build.VERSION.RELEASE</code>. The reason for this is that 77a100c9c07877ee70c5fbdf5dff8795a5a5525a7Guru Nagarajanapplications and web sites may rely on predictable values for this string, and 87a100c9c07877ee70c5fbdf5dff8795a5a5525a7Guru Nagarajanso that end users can easily and reliably identify the version of Android 97a100c9c07877ee70c5fbdf5dff8795a5a5525a7Guru Nagarajanrunning on their devices.</p> 107a100c9c07877ee70c5fbdf5dff8795a5a5525a7Guru Nagarajan<p>Because subsequent releases of the Android software may revise this string, 117a100c9c07877ee70c5fbdf5dff8795a5a5525a7Guru Nagarajanbut not change any API behavior, such releases may not be accompanied by a new 127a100c9c07877ee70c5fbdf5dff8795a5a5525a7Guru NagarajanCompatibility Definition Document. This page lists the versions that are 137a100c9c07877ee70c5fbdf5dff8795a5a5525a7Guru Nagarajanallowable by an Android 4.3-based system. The only permitted values for 147a100c9c07877ee70c5fbdf5dff8795a5a5525a7Guru Nagarajan<code>android.os.Build.VERSION.RELEASE</code> for Android 4.3 are:</p> 157a100c9c07877ee70c5fbdf5dff8795a5a5525a7Guru Nagarajan<ul> 167a100c9c07877ee70c5fbdf5dff8795a5a5525a7Guru Nagarajan<li>4.3</li> 176cd229b7a352c48b750cd9fc92eae13eeacd593fClay Murphy<li>4.3.1</li> 187a100c9c07877ee70c5fbdf5dff8795a5a5525a7Guru Nagarajan</ul> 19