How to reduce minimum sdk API version to publish to play market?

Question

Android

When publishing on Google play, they ask me to set the minimum sdk version to at least 28.
The problem is that this application is simply not installed on any of my phones and tablets.
And if you put, for example, 19, then there is no problem, but then Google does not accept such an application.
Can you share your experience, how did you set up versions for publication?
For the first time I publish and did according to off documentation, but I don’t understand how to solve this problem.
The app itself is made with:
cordova, android studio 3.6
Thanks in advance for your help!)

Answer 1

No not like this. There is a target sdk, there is a min sdk. There are no restrictions on the minimum version, at least set it to 1. There is a limit on the target sdk, and it should be set to 28+.
What each of them means, look in the search.