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diff --git a/docs/html/guide/appendix/api-levels.jd b/docs/html/guide/appendix/api-levels.jd index 5487487..2c255a99 100644 --- a/docs/html/guide/appendix/api-levels.jd +++ b/docs/html/guide/appendix/api-levels.jd @@ -123,7 +123,9 @@ application to use manifest elements or behaviors defined in the target API Level, rather than being restricted to using only those defined for the minimum API Level.</li> <li><code>android:maxSdkVersion</code> — Specifies the maximum API Level -on which the application is able to run.</li> +on which the application is able to run. <strong>Important:</strong> Please read the <a +href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html"><code><uses-sdk></code></a> +documentation before using this attribute. </li> </ul> <p>For example, to specify the minimum system API Level that an application @@ -133,10 +135,11 @@ attribute. The value of <code>android:minSdkVersion</code> would be the integer corresponding to the API Level of the earliest version of the Android platform under which the application can run. </p> -<p>When the user attempts to install an application, the Android system first -checks the <code><uses-sdk></code> attributes in the application's -manifest and compares them against its own internal API Level. The system -allows the installation to begin only if these conditions are met:</p> +<p>When the user attempts to install an application, or when revalidating an +appplication after a system update, the Android system first checks the +<code><uses-sdk></code> attributes in the application's manifest and +compares the values against its own internal API Level. The system allows the +installation to begin only if these conditions are met:</p> <ul> <li>If a <code>android:minSdkVersion</code> attribute is declared, its value @@ -145,7 +148,9 @@ the system assumes that the application requires API Level 1. </li> <li>If a <code>android:maxSdkVersion</code> attribute is declared, its value must be equal to or greater than the system's API Level integer. If not declared, the system assumes that the application -has no maximum API Level. </li> +has no maximum API Level. Please read the <a +href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html"><code><uses-sdk></code></a> +documentation for more information about how the system handles this attribute.</li> </ul> <p>When declared in an application's manifest, a <code><uses-sdk></code> |