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 >> > >> >> > > >> > >> >>
