# CMAKE_ANDROID_API

Added in version 3.1.

When Cross Compiling for Android with NVIDIA Nsight Tegra Visual Studio Edition, this variable may be set to specify the default value for the `ANDROID_API` target property. See that target property for additional information.

When Cross Compiling for Android, the `CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION` variable represents the Android API version number targeted. For historical reasons, if a toolchain file sets `CMAKE_ANDROID_API`, but not `CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION`, the latter will be initialized using the former.