# I cannot run ionic apps on any below android 22 api versions

**URL:** <https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/i-cannot-run-ionic-apps-on-any-below-android-22-api-versions/27203>\
**Category:** ionic-v1\
**Created:** [June 26, 2015, 8:09am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/i-cannot-run-ionic-apps-on-any-below-android-22-api-versions/27203 "2015-06-26T08:09:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![rsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rsa](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/rsa)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2015, 8:09am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/i-cannot-run-ionic-apps-on-any-below-android-22-api-versions/27203/1 "2015-06-26T08:09:26Z")

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hi ionic

please read this issue I have unfortunately I cannot run my apps on any 3.X,4.X (below API ver 22).

i cannot put all here buse I am new one and cannot post more than 10 line of posts.

> <https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic-cli/issues/507>

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**Author:** ![perfo4911](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@perfo4911](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/perfo4911)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2016, 12:24pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/i-cannot-run-ionic-apps-on-any-below-android-22-api-versions/27203/2 "2016-02-12T12:24:15Z")

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Same thing for me Man and after editing the androidmanifest.xml file i still get errors and the build process automatically changes the minsdkversion to 16 why is that ???