Reduce the "minSdkVersion" to 11 if possible (currently at 13)

[hasMobi]

I have included the library in my project which has "minSdkVersion" value of 11. However, this library has the value set to 11 and Android Studio complains with an error while building:

Error:Execution failed for task ':app:processDebugManifest'.
> Manifest merger failed : uses-sdk:minSdkVersion 11 cannot be smaller than version 13 declared in library P:\AndroidStudioProjects\Bla\app\build\intermediates\exploded-aar\com.intuit.sdp\sdp-android\1.0.2\AndroidManifest.xml
    Suggestion: use tools:overrideLibrary="com.intuit.sdp" to force usage

Is version 13 really necessary for the library? I don't want to reduce my potential audience just because of "sdp", if possible.

[Garguy]

No you can use overrideLibrary in your manifest

[hasMobi]

Ok, but which part uses functionality from SDK 13 exactly? Maybe I can rework it to make it backward compatible and submit a pull request.

[elhanan-mishraky]

Prior to SDK 13 there were only few screen size categories: small, normal, large, and xlarge.
As a result the sdp size unit could not scale properly.
Starting from SDK 13 Android exposed the sw qualifier, see http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html#DeclaringTabletLayouts.
If you have a better solution you can submit a pull request.