diff --git a/library/project.properties b/library/project.properties
index ceb56f0..8aaa999 100644
--- a/library/project.properties
+++ b/library/project.properties
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@
 # project structure.
 
 # Project target.
-target=android-16
+target=Google Inc.:Google APIs:19
 android.library=true
 
diff --git a/library/src/net/simonvt/numberpicker/NumberPicker.java b/library/src/net/simonvt/numberpicker/NumberPicker.java
index a1b1fe5..dac6554 100644
--- a/library/src/net/simonvt/numberpicker/NumberPicker.java
+++ b/library/src/net/simonvt/numberpicker/NumberPicker.java
@@ -1311,7 +1311,15 @@ public void setOnLongPressUpdateInterval(long intervalMillis) {
     public int getValue() {
         return mValue;
     }
-
+    
+    /**
+     * Returns the displayed value of the Picker as String
+     * 
+     * */
+    public String getValueAsString()
+    {
+    	return (mDisplayedValues != null && mDisplayedValues.length > 0) ? mDisplayedValues[getValue()] : null;
+    }
     /**
      * Returns the min value of the picker.
      *
diff --git a/samples/project.properties b/samples/project.properties
index 6bc6422..798b8b2 100644
--- a/samples/project.properties
+++ b/samples/project.properties
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@
 #proguard.config=${sdk.dir}\tools\proguard\proguard-android.txt:proguard-project.txt
 
 # Project target.
-target=android-16
+target=Google Inc.:Google APIs:19
 android.library.reference.1=../library