how best to cope with different versions of Android?

Question

I have an app that works fine in Android 1.x but not in Android 2.x i need to do things different based on the version of Android the app is running on (querying contacts). is it possible to have two separate methods within the one app that i can choose based on the version of Android the app is running on?

many thanks

Ed

Answer 1

Use reflection and class loaders. See this post on the Android developers blog: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/hsDu/~3/9WEwRp2NWlY/how-to-have-your-cupcake-and-eat-it-too.html

Edit: Thanks to CommonsWare for pointing out a sample project which uses both the new and old contacts content providers and conditional class loading: http://github.com/commonsguy/cw-advandroid/tree/master/Contacts/Spinners/