How to make Explicit intents backward compatible?

Explicit intents allow you to start a specific activity or service in Android development. However, to ensure backward compatibility with older versions of Android, one can use the Support Library and make minor adjustments in code. Here’s an example of how to implement explicit intents with backward compatibility.

Example of Explicit Intents

// Create an explicit intent to start an Activity Intent intent = new Intent(this, TargetActivity.class); startActivity(intent);

Make sure to target the appropriate SDK version in your build.gradle file:

android { compileSdkVersion 31 defaultConfig { applicationId "com.example.myapp" minSdkVersion 16 // Ensures compatibility back to Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) targetSdkVersion 31 versionCode 1 versionName "1.0" } }

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