diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index 0a6e2e6f62..fbe5fad6ee 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ android {
     buildToolsVersion safeExtGet('buildToolsVersion', '28.0.3')
 
     defaultConfig {
-        minSdkVersion safeExtGet('minSdkVersion', 19)
+        minSdkVersion safeExtGet('minSdkVersion', 16)
         targetSdkVersion safeExtGet('targetSdkVersion', 28)
         versionCode 1
         versionName "1.0"
diff --git a/examples/basic/android/app/build.gradle b/examples/basic/android/app/build.gradle
index 3114de9cc9..9813192114 100644
--- a/examples/basic/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/basic/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ android {
     }
     defaultConfig {
         applicationId "com.videoplayer"
-        minSdkVersion 19
+        minSdkVersion 16
         targetSdkVersion 28
         versionCode 1
         versionName "1.0"
diff --git a/examples/basic/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/examples/basic/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 59e7bb37ce..f4246bad83 100644
--- a/examples/basic/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/examples/basic/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW"/>
 
     <uses-sdk
-        android:minSdkVersion="19"
+        android:minSdkVersion="16"
         android:targetSdkVersion="28" />
 
     <application
diff --git a/examples/basic/android/build.gradle b/examples/basic/android/build.gradle
index d0e59a39de..3161c39de4 100644
--- a/examples/basic/android/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/basic/android/build.gradle
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 buildscript {
     ext {
     buildToolsVersion = "28.0.3"
-    minSdkVersion = 19
+    minSdkVersion = 16
     compileSdkVersion = 28
     targetSdkVersion = 28
     supportLibVersion = "28.0.0"