Lockscreen widget android in android 3/4.1?

Question

i want to add my widget in the lockscreen. According with the documentation i know that i have to do something like

<appwidget-provider xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
   ...
   android:widgetCategory="keyguard|home_screen">
</appwidget-provider>

And the android:minSdkVersion is 17. I don't want create my app only for android 4.2 so is there a way to get around this situation?I mean something that check the android version and if is for example android 3 i can't create the lockscreen widget of course, else i can.I don't know if is possible..

Answer 1

just set minsdkversion to 8. it doesn't matter. the version under 17 will ignore widgetCategory property.