# Video Android Platform Overview > To make sure your app is ready for Android 11 please visit this [page](https://github.com/twilio/video-quickstart-android/issues/543). Twilio's Programmable Video Android SDK lets you add real time voice and video to your native Android applications. ## Prerequisites * Android Studio 2.0 or higher * Support for Android API level 25 or higher * Support for Java 8 ## Programmable Video Live Demo Launch our [Twilio Programmable Video live demo](https://github.com/twilio/twilio-video-app-android) in less than 5 minutes. A high-quality, full-featured and open-source video collaboration application. ## Run the QuickStart app To get started with Twilio Video, you should download and run the [QuickStart application](https://github.com/twilio/video-quickstart-android). The QuickStart repository contains additional examples. These examples demonstrate the usage of new features and also help you build more complex applications. To add Video to your app, follow the [Quickstart guide](/docs/video/android-getting-started). ## Add the SDK The Android Video SDK is distributed through Maven Central. To install the Android Video SDK, ensure the following configuration is in your build.gradle file: [![Maven Central.](https://maven-badges.herokuapp.com/maven-central/com.twilio/video-android/badge.svg?style=svg)](https://maven-badges.herokuapp.com/maven-central/com.twilio/video-android) ### Gradle ```bash allprojects { repositories { mavenCentral() } } // The Video library resides on Maven Central implementation 'com.twilio:video-android:$version' android { compileOptions { sourceCompatibility 1.8 targetCompatibility 1.8 } } ``` ### Proguard Add the following lines to your proguard-project.txt file. ```bash -keep class tvi.webrtc.** { *; } -keep class com.twilio.video.** { *; } -keepattributes InnerClasses ``` ### Supported Devices The Android SDK supports Android API level 25 and higher. It is built for armeabi-v7a, arm64-v8a, x86, and x86\_64 architectures.