Will android 13 release will effect android 12 targetted apps

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My app targets android 12 when android 13 launches will my app gets crashed due to latest features in android 13 or it will be stable till i change target of my app to android 13.

I assume that unless we update to android 13 its features should not effect android 12 targeted apps.

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It shouldn't. I had similar issue when Android 12 required PendingIntents to have specified mutability flag. It haven't crashed even on Android 12 devices until I upgraded targetSdk - after an upgrade it started crashing :)

For all who are visiting this question i want to specify that

Yes android 13 has a notification permission change which will effect all the apps irrespective whether you target android 13 or not.

So please be alert and change / add required things to explain user why they should turn on notifications.

Reason: Till android 12 notifications were turned on by default

From android 13 users need to turn on notifications by default turned off.

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