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Backward Compatibility for Applications应用的向后兼容A variety of Android-powered devices are now available to consumers from carriers in geographies around the world. Across those devices, a range of Android platform versions are in use, some running the latest version of the platform, others running older versions. As a developer, you need to consider the approach to backward compatibility that you will take in your application — do you want to allow your application to run on all devices, or just those running the latest software? In some cases it will be useful to employ the newer APIs on devices that support them, while continuing to support older devices. 一种android-powered设备现在可以被全世界各地的消费者使用。通过这个设备，一系列的android平台版本正在被使用，一些运行着最新的平台版本，另一些运行着比较老的版本。作为一个开发者，你需要为你的应用考虑一个向后兼容的途径，你想让你的应用能跑在所有的设备上，还是只能跑那些最新的软件？在一些情形下，在支持他们的设备上使用比较新的APIs对于继续支持较老的设备是相当有用的。Setting the minSdkVersionIf the use of a new API is integral to the application — perhaps you need to record video using an API introduced in Android 1.5 (API Level 3) — you should add a android:minSdkVersion to the applications manifest, to ensure your app wont be installed on older devices. For example, if your application depends on an API introduced in API Level 3, you would specify 3 as the value of the minimum SDK version:? manifest? ?...? ?uses-sdkandroid:minSdkVersion=3/? ?...? /manifestHowever, if you want to add a useful but non-essential feature, such as popping up an on-screen keyboard even when a hardware keyboard is available, you can write your program in a way that allows it to use the newer features without failing on older devices.Using reflectionSuppose theres a simple new call you want to use, like android.os.Debug.dumpHprofData(String filename). The Debug class has existed since Android 1.0, but the method is new in Anroid 1.5 (API Level 3). If you try to call it directly, your app will fail to run on devices running Android 1.1 or earlier.The simplest way to call the method is through reflection. This requ