To be clear the goal for Cordova 3.2 is to set target 18 (Android 4.3) and for Cordova 3.3 target 19 (Android 4.4) ?
We are about to release 3.2 so I want to be sure. I vote to set target 19/4.4 (KitKat) for Cordova 3.3 (Allows time to investigate, test, integrate, and document) On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 8:19 AM, Gorkem Ercan <gorkem.er...@gmail.com> wrote: > Joe is right on the money. If the target is older than 13 it will fail to > compile which was detected elsewhere [1]. > > Also as detected on the other thread CLI is not actually [2] [3] delegating > the requirement checks to platform scripts for > Android and iOS. After this issue is resolved it will depend on the value > on the project.properties. Hopefully that is more likely to be updated > and we will not end up forcing level 17 when 18 and 19 was out. > > I am not happy about the fixed target versions overall though. On JBoss > tools we decided to look for the newest target that exists and use that as > long as it > is newer that minimum (which is 17 at this time). This way we would not > disappoint a developer who gets the latest and greatest SDK update. > > [1] https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-15885 > [2] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-5298 > [3] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-5297 > > -- > Gorkem > > > On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 7:51 AM, Brian LeRoux <b...@brian.io> wrote: > > > Axel: you are correct that we want as many devices as possible. This is > why > > we've always set to the highest level. If you set to the highest level it > > is inclusive to all platforms before it (that we decide to support). > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 12:00 PM, Axel Nennker <ignisvul...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > I think the highest level is not what developers need. > > > When you create a product/app you want your app to run on as many > devices > > > as possible and not only the latest. > > > Am 07.11.2013 11:36 schrieb "Brian LeRoux" <b...@brian.io>: > > > > > > > Apologies I think there is another thread about this but I'd like to > > > > understand more about what we're thinking here. There's been > discussion > > > > that we should make this configurable. I disagree. I think we need to > > > > target highest available level possible, as we always have in the > past, > > > and > > > > take backwards compat on. That means we need to update [1]. > > > > > > > > Thoughts? > > > > > > > > [1] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/cordova-cli/blob/master/src/metadata/android_parser.js#L56 > > > > > > > > > > -- Carlos Santana <csantan...@gmail.com>
