# Android: Updated applications (Castle Model Viewer, Platformer...) in Google Play, on the engine side: upgraded Google Play Services to v2 and Android SDK to 35
**URL:** https://forum.castle-engine.io/t/android-updated-applications-castle-model-viewer-platformer-in-google-play-on-the-engine-side-upgraded-google-play-services-to-v2-and-android-sdk-to-35/1991
**Category:** News
**Created:** [August 8, 2025, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.castle-engine.io/t/android-updated-applications-castle-model-viewer-platformer-in-google-play-on-the-engine-side-upgraded-google-play-services-to-v2-and-android-sdk-to-35/1991 "2025-08-08T15:09:14Z")
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### Author:  [@michalis](https://forum.castle-engine.io/u/michalis)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2025, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.castle-engine.io/t/android-updated-applications-castle-model-viewer-platformer-in-google-play-on-the-engine-side-upgraded-google-play-services-to-v2-and-android-sdk-to-35/1991/1 "2025-08-08T15:09:14Z")
| [](https://castle-engine.io/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/castle-model-viewer-mobile-feature.png "Castle Model Viewer Mobile - Dungeon in Examine Mode") |
| [](https://castle-engine.io/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/1.jpg "Castle Model Viewer on Android") |
| [](https://castle-engine.io/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/6.jpg "Castle Model Viewer - cat") |
1. [Castle Model Viewer for Android](https://castle-engine.io/castle-model-viewer-mobile) version 2.8 has been released! This brings:
- Support for [IFC format](https://castle-engine.io/ifc) right in our mobile viewer.
- Small UI improvements: better button order (left-most changes model), show more built-in files.
- Opening ZIP files underneath doesn’t create temp directory on your device. Internally, this is achieved by using `TCastleZip` to open ZIP files. The `TCastleZip` class also makes code simpler, and compatible with both FPC and Delphi.
- Fix: No more crashes on Android 15 (on some devices, like Google Pixel 6a, `argv` is broken after Android upgrade).
- Fix: Take into account safe borders on left/right.
- And all improvements and optimizations from the [Castle Game Engine](https://castle-engine.io/) done recently. Including target Android version bump, mentioned below.
2. All other [Castle Game Engine applications on Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=7891434499544220905) have been upgraded as well, to include all the latest improvements from the engine, including the target Android version bump.
3. On the engine side, we have migrated [google\_play\_games](https://github.com/castle-engine/castle-engine/blob/master/tools/build-tool/data/android/services/google_play_games/README.adoc) service to use version 2 of the Google API. New applications uploaded to _Google Play_ are required to use this version.
4. We also bump the “target” Android version to 35, as required by _Google Play_. This will be required by Google Play since _31 August 2025_, see [Target API level requirements for Google Play apps](https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/11926878). Nothing in practice changes for you because of this (it doesn’t affect minimal version supported).
If you like it, we appreciate your [support on Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/c/castleengine). We also appreciate a good review for [Castle Model Viewer on Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.castleengine.castle.model.viewer.mobile) and [our other apps](https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=7891434499544220905)!
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### Author:  [@michalis](https://forum.castle-engine.io/u/michalis)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2025, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.castle-engine.io/t/android-updated-applications-castle-model-viewer-platformer-in-google-play-on-the-engine-side-upgraded-google-play-services-to-v2-and-android-sdk-to-35/1991/2 "2025-08-08T15:10:03Z")