That said, its important to note that the code and therefore tags lives so you can still target those devices w/ older releases of Cordova for as long as you need to.
On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Joe Bowser <bows...@gmail.com> wrote: > Turns out that removing this didn't break anything on Froyo, so we did it > early. We really wanted to remove support because we are running out of > test devices and can't guarantee it'll still work. > > Basically any old version that has less than 5% of devices on Google Play > will end up getting deprecated. > On Jul 5, 2013 12:18 AM, "Fowler, Angela" <ange...@fast.au.fujitsu.com> > wrote: > >> Hi devs, >> >> >> >> We are looking at moving from Cordova v2.7.0 to v2.9.x and have some >> concerns about which Android platforms are still supported. Froyo >> accounts for 3% of users on the Google Play Store. >> >> >> >> According to the deprecation policy, Froyo should still be in until v3.0 >> http://wiki.apache.org/cordova/DeprecationPolicy >> >> The issue to remove Commons Codec dependency >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-3281 has fix version 3.0 >> >> >> >> I noticed in v2.9.0 that >> >> - the create script no longer uses Commons Codec >> https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/blob/2.9.x/bin/create.js >> >> - org.apache.cordova.FileUtils and CameraLauncher replace codec >> with android.util.Base64 >> https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/78efe2a960ba2b320680da1 >> 8b7c0fc20d442c604 >> >> This issue also lists fix version 3.0 >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-3358 >> >> >> >> Question 1: Should these changes be in version 2.9.x or 3.0.x? Also are >> there any other changes you know of that may reduce supported Android >> versions in v2.9? >> >> >> >> android.util.Base64 >> >> The Android API says android.util.Base64 was added in API level 8 (Froyo >> 2.2.x) http://developer.android.com/reference/android/util/Base64.html >> >> >> >> Question 2 : Will Froyo continue to work in v2.9 or not? >> >> I've set the target SDK version to 8 to try this out in an emulator but >> would be great to know if someone has checked on a Froyo device. >> >> >> >> Thanks >> >> Angela >> >> >> >>
