I never test on gingerbread. My opinion is that devs that really need it can just use older Cordova versions, or can fight through the testing themselves. With multi-apk support in the play store, you could even use a different version of Cordova for gingerbread vs. ICS+
On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 8:55 PM, tommy-carlos williams <to...@devgeeks.org> wrote: > I know they are old, but I have always wanted one, heh. > > -- > tommy-carlos williams > > On 8 January 2015 at 12:54:24, Joe Bowser (bows...@gmail.com) wrote: > > Those stickers are old! I don't go to Android conferences, sine Android > devs hate us these days. > > On Wed Jan 07 2015 at 5:53:04 PM Brian LeRoux <b...@brian.io> wrote: > > > ! > > > > 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 > >> > >> > >> > > > >> > > >> > >> >
