title: How to specify the Android API version by adding in Cordova
body: <p>After creating a mobile-first Cordova project with the command: </p>
  
  <pre><code>cordova create cordovatest1 com.sample.cordova cordovatest1 --template cordova-template-mfp
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I add the Android platform to the project with the command: </p>
  
  <pre><code>cordova platform add android
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>the question is why the Android version for the platform which was just added takes the Android API 23 / android version 5.1.1, even I have already other API levels: 22, 25, 27 in SDK manager?</p>
  
  <p>is there a config file belong to Cordova says that the Android platform must be for example android-23 if the developer didn't specify the Android version by adding like </p>
  
  <pre><code>cordova platform add android@6.1.2
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>or maybe the mobilefirst-cli witch is already installed under the version 8.0.0 force that adding platforms?</p>
  
  <p>This screenshot can give you more details</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/6TNCV.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/6TNCV.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>