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<h3 id="defined">What does “Compatibility” mean?</h3>
<p>A device is “Android compatible” if it can correctly run apps written for the
-<em>Android execution environment</em>.</p>
+<em>Android execution environment</em>. The exact details of the Android execution
+environment</em> are defined by the Android Compatibility Definition Document,
+but the single most important characteristic of a compatible device is the
+ability to install and correctly run an Android <code>.apk</code> file.</p>
<p>There is exactly one Android API for each <a
href="{@docRoot}guide/appendix/api-levels.html">API level</a>, and it’s the same
@@ -219,6 +222,10 @@
ones, we will always take steps to protect existing applications so that they
don’t end up being available to devices where they won’t work.</p>
+<p>This is implemented, in part, using the <code>aapt</code> tool in the SDK.
+To see which features your app explicitly requires or is implicitly assumed to
+require, you can use the command <code>aapt dump badging</code>.</p>
+
<h3 id="conclusion">Conclusion</h3>
<p>The goal of Android is to create a huge installed base for developers to take
@@ -231,5 +238,9 @@
can publish your app with the confidence that only users who can run it will
see it.</p>
+<p>For more information about Android device compatibility, please visit:</p>
+
+<p style="margin-left:2em;"><a href="http://source.android.com/compatibility/index.html">http://source.android.com/compatibility/index.html</a></p>
+
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