title: What is Backwards Compatibility in Android Studio?
body: <p>I'm a newbie to Android Development. Even though I referred the android developer <a href="https://developer.android.com/design/patterns/compatibility.html" rel="noreferrer">website</a>, I didn't figure out. </p>
  
  <p>On the customize Activity dialog box, when I unchecked the <code>Backwards Compatiblity(Appcompat)</code> in Android Studio 2.3.1 It gave me a hint as: </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p><em>If false, this activity base class will be Activity instead of AppCompatActivity</em></p>
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  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/5izulm.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/5izulm.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>Generally, what do android developers prefer? enabling backwards compatibility or without it? Can anyone explain me which one is better. </p>