I/dalvikvm(11899): Turning on JNI app bug workarounds for target SDK version 8

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16276438/android-ics-turning-on-jni-app-bug-workarounds-for-target-sdk-version-8

My android app has one background service. I observed that this service is restarting and not showing any exception in debug log also.

I taken more interest to identify the problem with my app and finally found one special message Turning on JNI app bug workarounds for target SDK version 8... in debug log.

After this message appears, I saw message as my service created and printing all debug messages of my application as when we launch first time.

My app's ,manifest file has <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" />

and i am using Android 4.0 Samsung Galaxy S Duos mobile phone to test my app.

Can anybody please suggest the solution or what is the exact problem with my app.

Or please tell me if anything I missed in my app's manifest, because I am new to Android 4.0.

The "Turning on JNI app bug workarounds for target SDK version 8" message is not a bug, it's just the system informing you that it is turning on some compatibility features due to the fact that your device is running Android 4+ while the code is compiled for an older version (API level 8).

So whatever causes your problem is not this logcat line!

Just replace your Manifest's string <uses-sdk android:targetSdkVersion="8"/> to <uses-sdk android:targetSdkVersion="14"/> And don't forget to download 14 SDK version. share | improve this answer answered  Jun 7 at 11:20 Dmitry 38 4
	If I use target SDK version 14, will my app works on lower versions ? –  Yugandhar Babu  Jun 10 at 5:06   I think it won't work correct (if does). If you need lower APIs and can't refuse using them, you'd better just ignore this warning or create 2 different versions for higher and lower APIs. –  Dmitry  Jun 10 at 9:27