Declare a method inside an if statement and have it known to following method calls

Declare a method inside an if statement and have it known to following
method calls

I'm writing something in Android and in order to tailor for an older SDK,
I need to change what a variable becomes. I'm using ClipboardManager which
has different versions based on SDK. The issue is to create this variable
easily, I have to do it in an if, and my code won't compile after due to
the variable not being detected.
Example:
if(android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 11){
final android.content.ClipboardManager clipboard =
(ClipboardManager)context.getSystemService(Context.CLIPBOARD_SERVICE);
} else {
final android.text.ClipboardManager clipboard =
(ClipboardManager)context.getSystemService(Context.CLIPBOARD_SERVICE);
}
if (clipboard.hasPrimaryClip()) {
// Do stuff
}
Because the instance of clipboard depends on the SDK, if
(clipboard.hasPrimaryClip()) complains at me.
Is there any way to do this other than making two variables and checking
for null?