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# Preparing for Couchbase Lite on Android

> Description — _Prerequisites for the installation of Couchbase Lite_  
> _Abstract — Laying out some of the pre-requisites and preparatory steps to be considered before installing Couchbase Lite for android_  

Supported Versions

The operating systems listed below refer to "Certified" versions of Android. We do not test against, nor guarantee support for, uncertified Android versions such as versions built from source.

| Platform | Runtime architectures | Minimum API Level |
| -------- | --------------------- | ----------------- |
| Android  | armeabi-v7a           | 22                |
| Android  | arm64-v8a             | 22                |
| Android  | x86                   | 22                |
| Android  | x86\_64               | 22                |

## [](#related-content)Related Content

###### [](#)

How to . . .

* [Prerequisites](gs-prereqs.md)
* [Install](gs-install.md)
* [Build and Run](gs-build.md)

###### [](#-2)

Learn more . . .

* [Databases](database.md)
* [Documents](document.md)
* [Blobs](blob.md)
* [Remote Sync Gateway](replication.md)
* [Handling Data Conflicts](conflict.md)

###### [](#-3)

Dive Deeper . . .

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