# Preparing Codename One for Android 17 and API 37 Migration

DevFeed: [Preparing Codename One for Android 17 and API 37 Migration](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/android-17-without-the-last-minute-scramble-41276.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.codenameone.com/blog/android-37-readiness-location-button/>)

Author: Shai Almog

Published: 2026-09-17T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [CodeName One](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/codename-one.md>)

Topics: [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [migration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/migration.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [format](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/format.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [apis](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apis.md>), [format](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/format.md>), [migration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/migration.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>)

## AI overview

Codename One prepares for Android 17 and API 37 by adding platform compatibility checks, fixing API-level parsing and build-tool handling, and testing a new system-rendered location button. The article also describes moving PEM parsing and task removal into shared security-sensitive platform handling.

## Source excerpt

API 37 checks and a system location button prepare Android migration. PEM parsing and task-clearing exit put more security-sensitive platform and format handling into Codename One.