It seems to me that if we are only going to drop *one*, that it should be Gingerbread first, since it is a lower SDK version.
How can an app support GB and *not* ICS? Having said that, I am also interested in the discussion of better numbers on usage than just the Play Store (even if my gut reaction is always “BURN 2.3 WITH FIRE”). -- tommy-carlos williams On 8 January 2015 at 10:39:33, Joe Bowser (bows...@gmail.com) wrote: Hey So, 2015 is here, and we have the new Android Pie Chart: http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html#2015 Due to two percentage points on ICS and three on Gingerbread, we're stuck supporting these platforms for the near future, but it looks like we're in the bad spot of them reaching the magic 5% at the same time. Since I don't like the idea of automatically dropping 10% of devices, I'm wondering what we should deprecate first. Also, can we get better numbers for what's out there? Right now we still have the only single point of reference, which is the Google Play store. This doesn't cover China, or any other emerging markets. That said, things like Android One, and vendors like Xiaomi are making KitKat and Lolipop the standard. I know that I'm once again touching off a flame war between developers who know that these platforms don't get the tests they need to be actually considered supported, and various business interests who for some unknown reason need this support, but we should have this discussion again. Thoughts? Joe
