1eb45c31c99304da3ca810307c77bbf7d7580a9e5Clay Murphypage.title=Permitted Version Strings for Android 5.0 2eb45c31c99304da3ca810307c77bbf7d7580a9e5Clay Murphy@jd:body 3eb45c31c99304da3ca810307c77bbf7d7580a9e5Clay Murphy 4eb45c31c99304da3ca810307c77bbf7d7580a9e5Clay Murphy<p>As described in Section 3.2.2 of the <a 5eb45c31c99304da3ca810307c77bbf7d7580a9e5Clay Murphyhref="/compatibility/android-5.0-cdd.pdf">Android 5.0 Compatibility Definition</a>, 6eb45c31c99304da3ca810307c77bbf7d7580a9e5Clay Murphyonly certain strings are allowable for the system property 7eb45c31c99304da3ca810307c77bbf7d7580a9e5Clay Murphy<code>android.os.Build.VERSION.RELEASE</code>. The reason for this is that 8eb45c31c99304da3ca810307c77bbf7d7580a9e5Clay Murphyapplications and web sites may rely on predictable values for this string, and 9eb45c31c99304da3ca810307c77bbf7d7580a9e5Clay Murphyso that end users can easily and reliably identify the version of Android 10eb45c31c99304da3ca810307c77bbf7d7580a9e5Clay Murphyrunning on their devices.</p> 11eb45c31c99304da3ca810307c77bbf7d7580a9e5Clay Murphy<p>Because subsequent releases of the Android software may revise this string, 12eb45c31c99304da3ca810307c77bbf7d7580a9e5Clay Murphybut not change any API behavior, such releases may not be accompanied by a new 13eb45c31c99304da3ca810307c77bbf7d7580a9e5Clay MurphyCompatibility Definition Document. This page lists the versions that are 14eb45c31c99304da3ca810307c77bbf7d7580a9e5Clay Murphyallowable by an Android 5.0-based system. The only permitted values for 15eb45c31c99304da3ca810307c77bbf7d7580a9e5Clay Murphy<code>android.os.Build.VERSION.RELEASE</code> for Android 5.0 are:</p> 16eb45c31c99304da3ca810307c77bbf7d7580a9e5Clay Murphy<ul> 17eb45c31c99304da3ca810307c77bbf7d7580a9e5Clay Murphy<li>5.0</li> 18eb45c31c99304da3ca810307c77bbf7d7580a9e5Clay Murphy</ul> 19