What Is Build Version in Android?
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Build. VERSION . CODENAME : The current development codename, or the string “REL” if this is a release build. INCREMENTAL : The internal value used by the underlying source control to represent this build. RELEASE : The user-visible version string.

What does the build number mean Android?

The first letter is the code name of the release family, e.g. F is Froyo. The second letter is a branch code that allows Google to identify the exact code branch that the build was made from, and R is by convention the primary release branch. The next letter and two digits are a date code.

What is a build version?

In a programming context, a build is a version of a program. As a rule, a build is a pre-release version and as such is identified by a build number, rather than by a release number. … As a verb, to build can mean either to write code or to put individual coded components of a program together.

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