As in they don't work on Android 2.3.x, sorry hit send way too soon. Also, there's a lot of bad security issues on 2.3.x that we just can't fix, so it's best that we draw the line here and not support 2.3.x
On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 2:23 PM Joe Bowser <[email protected]> wrote: > None of the Third Party WebViews work for 4.0.x > > On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 2:19 PM Steven Gill <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> 4.1.0? Is the minsdk the only thing keeping gingerbread support around? >> Are >> there other things about 4.0.0 that broke support for 2.3.0? >> >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 2:13 PM, Joe Bowser <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > OK, because we screwed up, should we release a Cordova-Android 5.0? >> This >> > is going to break people, even though I don't care about the breakage, >> I do >> > care about telling them about the breakage. >> > >> > Thoughts? >> > >> > On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 2:10 PM Joe Bowser <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > > It should be replaced with 14. This was definitely an oversight >> since we >> > > all agreed in theory but never came to a proper decision. >> > > >> > > On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 12:20 PM Sergey Grebnov (Akvelon) < >> > > [email protected]> wrote: >> > > >> > >> I still see minSdkVersion = 10 (GINGERBREAD) in platform template. >> > Should >> > >> it be replaced w/ 14 (ICE_CREAM_SANDWICH) in this case and also >> updated >> > in >> > >> platform docs? - per docs we still support Gingerbread. >> > >> >> > >> Steve is currently working on docs update so this is perfect time to >> > >> change this. >> > >> >> > >> -Sergey >> > >> -----Original Message----- >> > >> From: Shazron [mailto:[email protected]] >> > >> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 1:04 PM >> > >> To: [email protected] >> > >> Subject: Re: Deprecation Wars: ICS vs Gingerbread >> > >> >> > >> Joe, perhaps that can be part of the Tools Release blog post? Steve >> put >> > >> out a link to the draft in another thread. >> > >> >> > >> On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 10:14 AM, Joe Bowser <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > Resurrecting this thread! >> > >> > >> > >> > I think we need to let our users know that Cordova 4.0 doesn't >> support >> > >> > Gingerbread, or at least some of the features don't work on >> > Gingerbread. >> > >> > I've been trying to clean up the JIRA a bit today, and it seems >> that >> > >> > while we came to a consensus to drop 2.3, we didn't tell anyone. :/ >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 12:41 PM Joe Bowser <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> >> Firefox works on 2.3, and Chrome does not. It also depends on the >> > >> >> device >> > >> >> >> > >> >> On Tue, Jan 13, 2015, 12:20 PM Josh Soref <[email protected]> >> > >> wrote: >> > >> >> >> > >> >>> Michal Mocny wrote: >> > >> >>> >... we aren't telling those individuals that they cannot use >> their >> > >> >>> >phones, we are telling developers that want to create new >> > >> >>> >applications for that target to either build mobile web, >> packaged >> > >> >>> >native, or just stick to existing versions of cordova if really >> > >> needed. >> > >> >>> > >> > >> >>> >I do not buy the argument that you are doing those individuals >> with >> > >> >>> >those phones a favour by building them hybrid apps using the >> > >> >>> >antiquated 2.3 webview on antiquated machine specs. >> > >> >>> >> > >> >>> I don't have an opinion on this. But I do have a question. >> > >> >>> >> > >> >>> Ignoring the fact that GeckoView is flaky today, >> > >> >>> >> > >> >>> 1. Does GeckoView / Firefox work (at all? well?) on a sample / >> > >> >>> typical 2.3 device? >> > >> >>> 2. Can I run Chrome (or some relative) on that same device (at >> all? >> > >> >>> well?) >> > >> >>> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> > >> >> > > >> > >> >
