Android APK version

[Ian2455]

Want to do a study on this. What is the best version to start making a application on? Mine is currently Nougat (android 7.0) 0 and the place I am getting the program made says "by targeting API 24 your app will run on approximately 8.1% of devices" I want to do a early version but I can't give them (the user who downloads it) support.

Any suggestions?

 

[MayoMayn]

Why target a specific version and not just make it compatible with all current versions used by the different mobiles? Otherwise I'd say go for the latest