Sometimes when you add the packages, you may face an issue that asks you to increase the Android minSdkVersion. This happens because the plugin requires a higher android sdk version for projects that were created.

To change Android minSdkVersion in Flutter for the project, you have to make changes in the local.properties file and then reference the new variable from the local.properties file inside the build.gradle file.

Here are the steps:

1. Locate the local.properties file under the project_folder/android/local.properties
2. Inside the local.properties file, add the line as flutter.minSdkVersion=21
3. Now, open the build.gradle file under the project_folder/android/app/build.gradle
4. Find the defaultConfig section update the minSdkVersion to the localProperties.getProperty('flutter.minSdkVersion').toInteger().
5. Inside the terminal, run the flutter clean command. Then, Re-run your app.

— Nam Le

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