Native Android Requirements
To develop a native Android app, meet the Salesforce and Android requirements.
- Salesforce Mobile SDK 13.0 or later for Android.
- A Salesforce Developer Edition organization with a connected app.
The SalesforceSDK project is built with the Android 9 Pie (API 28) library.
To install the Android development environment, go to the Mobile SDK Trailhead project and do the following steps:
Here’s a list of the items you install.
- Java JDK 17 or later—www.oracle.com/downloads.
- Latest version of Android Studio —developer.android.com/sdk.
- Android SDK, including all APIs in the following range:
- Minimum API: Android 9 Pie (API 28)
- Target API: Android 15 (API 35)
- Android SDK Tools
- Android Virtual Device (AVD)
- For best results, install all Android SDK versions recommended by the Android SDK Manager, and all available versions of Android SDK tools.
- On Windows, be sure to run Android Studio as administrator.