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I was just looking a few open source projects and most of them were using the latest build tools like sdk 25 while right now i am using target sdk 23. I was wondering why should we use the latest target sdk in android i have read the following post but the answer doesn't seems to be satisfactory. What are the Android SDK build-tools, platform-tools and tools? And which version should be used?

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    Bug fixes and new features. https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/build-tools.html https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platforms.html – Andrew Brooke Mar 09 '17 at 18:37
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    build tools gives you additional features and improvements to developing your applications – tyczj Mar 09 '17 at 18:37
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    As for the question about target sdk, this is a good summary: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26694108/what-is-the-difference-between-compilesdkversion-and-targetsdkversion – zsmb13 Mar 09 '17 at 18:37
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    same reason why you update anything else. – njzk2 Mar 09 '17 at 18:56
  • what about if the older project we have still using the older build tools....? Won't it be differ for using the latest Build Tools to implements....? – gumuruh Jul 31 '18 at 09:40

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By updating the sdk, they are fixing the issue.Like in sdk 25 they are fixed a crash on async socket reconnect and crash on Mac when glDeleteTextures() is called after the corresponding context was destroyed.

you can see more through this link. visit: https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/sdk-tools.html

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  • should i delete the older Build Tools once i used the latest one? Coz it will takes lots of free spaces. And what about the older project reference, will they still works? – gumuruh Jul 31 '18 at 09:48