google play compatibility check

Question

So I am developing an android app and want to publish it to Google Play. The projects contains some methods that are supported only after API 13 (Like Display.GetSize() for example). I made my project backward compatible by going around these limitations by reading the device's OS in runtime and make decisions accordingly (for example, if the OS <13 get the screen size using another method)

even though I made the minSdk 7 in my manifest:

<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="7" />

everytime I launch the device chooser to choose an emulator, I see a red cross besides the emulator that has OS below than API 13. But the app works fine when I run it on it anyways.

THE QUESTION: when I upload my app to Google Play, will devices that run below API 13 be able to download my app ??

Answer 1

The red sign in emulator chooser is due to the android "Project Build Target". when you change it to the 2.1 i.e. SdkVersion=7 it will not come(the red sign).

About the Market it should not be any issue.It will definitely be available for the devices that run below API 13.