Google API level 33 requirement

[lukastribus]

Hello,

Google once again is raising the API level requirements, apparently this is a every year occurrence:

https://developer.android.com/google/play/requirements/target-sdk

Starting in August 2023 new apps must target Android 13 (API level 33) or higher; except for Wear OS apps, which must target Android 11 (API level 30) or higher.

Starting in November 2023, app updates must target Android 13 or higher and adjust for behavioral changes in Android 13; except for Wear OS apps, which must target Android 11 or higher.

I have not recently rebuild a PWA app, does pwabuilder already support this?

Thank you!

[sparkktv]

There is more to it for existing apps also, I also got an email today from Google...

Starting August 31, 2023:

New apps and app updates must target API level 33 to be submitted to Google Play (Wear OS must target API 30).

Existing apps must target API level 31 or above to remain discoverable by all users on Google Play. Apps that target API level 30 or below (target API level 29 or below for Wear OS), will only be discoverable on devices running Android OS same or lower than your apps’ target API level.

@lukastribus It looks like PWABuilder is still Target API 31 as I did an app update today just to see if it was on API 32 yet or not...

[lukastribus]

Correct, more about this here:

https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/11926878

[sparkktv]

Yes, this is now going to be an annual thing. PWABuilder should just update to the latest available Target API when it becomes out of beta every year.

[jgw96]

Hey everyone! Thanks for bringing this up. I agree that the ideal solution is for us to update our Target API every time Google Play updates their requirements, however we do have a chain of deps that ALSO have to update when this happens, so it takes a little more time. I am going to add this to our sprint to talk about in our standup early next week, but please know that you can use the "include source code" checkbox to get an Android project that you can tweak yourself to get a fix even faster.

[khmyznikov]

related #3594

[nmetulev]

Duplicate of #3594