Also, who actually tests on Gingerbread? Please comment on this thread. On Wed Jan 07 2015 at 5:09:49 PM Joe Bowser <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm just mentioning it because my only Android 4.0.3 devices are an ASUS > Transformer 2 tablet and a Motorola RAZR phone that did weird things to my > computer when I tried installing the extra software to upgrade it. > > However, if we did deprecate 2.3, I can just flash 4.0.3 on the Nexus S > and use that. > > > On Wed Jan 07 2015 at 5:07:27 PM tommy-carlos williams <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> 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 ([email protected]) 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 >> >
