Android 2.2 is a pain point because we only have one device in the Vancouver office that is on that version of Android (LG Optimus 3D). I'm sure that other places have more of them, but they are becoming increasingly rare, and I'd rather us only have to test 2.3 and higher when we prepare for a release.
On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 10:54 AM, Braden Shepherdson <bra...@chromium.org> wrote: > Do we have a picture of what this would gain us? What are the pain points > in terms of bugs or missing APIs between 2.2 and 2.3? I have the vague > impression that there are several things, but I actually don't know. > > If there are advantages, I'm all for it. > > Braden > > > On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 1:49 PM, Joe Bowser <bows...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hey >> >> Good news everyone! Android 2.2 (Froyo) has dipped below 5%. This >> means that we can safely drop support for this version of Android and >> set our lower bound to Android 2.3. The cool thing about this is that >> we will only support devices that you can actually buy in a store at >> this point, which I think is something that we should aim towards. >> >> Honestly, if Key Lime Pie figured out a way to get 4.x functionality >> on single-core devices, that'd be awesome, but I highly doubt it. :( >> >> So, what do people think about getting rid of Froyo support? >> >> Joe >>
