Disable Target API Block
Xposed module for disabling Android 14's installation block for old apps
- Developer
- buttercookie42
- License
- MPL-2.0
- Package
de.buttercookie.disabletargetapiblock- Category
- System, Xposed
- Latest version
- 1.2 · Oct 18, 2025
- Minimum Android
- Android 14
Description
On Android 14, Google started blocking old apps (those targeting a target API lower than 23, i.e. anything before Marshmallow/Android 6) from being installed.
While this behaviour can be overridden by calling adb install (respectively pm install if you've got access to a root shell on your device) with the --bypass-low-target-sdk-block flag, it still breaks simple manual installation of older APKs, as well as any backup apps and other software like that which hasn't yet been updated for this new behaviour.
This Xposed module hooks the app installation process to always behave as if that flag had been passed and to therefore generally allow installation of old apps.
While this behaviour can be overridden by calling adb install (respectively pm install if you've got access to a root shell on your device) with the --bypass-low-target-sdk-block flag, it still breaks simple manual installation of older APKs, as well as any backup apps and other software like that which hasn't yet been updated for this new behaviour.
This Xposed module hooks the app installation process to always behave as if that flag had been passed and to therefore generally allow installation of old apps.
All versions
| Version | Released | Minimum Android | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.2 | Oct 18, 2025 | Android 14 | 13.6 KB |
| 1.1 | Apr 9, 2025 | Android 14 | 13.1 KB |
| 1.0.1 | Aug 21, 2024 | Android 14 | 12.8 KB |
How to install an older version of an Android app · How to install an APK file on Android
From the developer (GitHub)
APK files published by the developer on GitHub. They are signed by the developer and may not install over the other builds on this page (different signature). Links open github.com.
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