! On Wed, Jan 7, 2015, 6:49 PM tommy-carlos williams <to...@devgeeks.org> wrote:
> > -- > tommy-carlos williams > > On 8 January 2015 at 12:37:59, Brian LeRoux (b...@brian.io) wrote: > > I say we go 4.x all in and drop everything below. Time to draw a line. > > On Wed, Jan 7, 2015, 6:24 PM Joe Bowser <bows...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Also, who actually tests on Gingerbread? Please comment on this thread. > > > > On Wed Jan 07 2015 at 5:09:49 PM Joe Bowser <bows...@gmail.com> 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 < > > to...@devgeeks.org> > > > 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 (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 > > >> > > > > > > >
