Is Android 4.2.2 still the best platform to develop an android app on?

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2 years ago i developed an app on android 4.2.2. I was wondering if the statistics are still the same?

If I developed it on android 4.2.2 now would it still be the best option? Will it be the optimum to reach the most devices?

Or is there a newer version that is mastering the market?

Thanks in advance.

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It is recomended that you always look at the market share of the Android versions to choose your entry version. In the link below you can see the stats

https://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html

As for today, I would recommend you to support API 15 and above (up to 21). It represents almost 90% of all devices, and as it represents Android 4.0, you can alredy use some Material design elements and use Fragments as you wish.