Okay. Since pluggable webviews don't work with 2.3.x, I'd say we do a cordova-android 4.1.0 release with minsdk 14.
I'll update the docs to say we only support android 4+ On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 2:24 PM, Joe Bowser <bows...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 <bows...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > None of the Third Party WebViews work for 4.0.x > > > > On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 2:19 PM Steven Gill <stevengil...@gmail.com> > > 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 <bows...@gmail.com> 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 <bows...@gmail.com> 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) < > >> > > v-seg...@microsoft.com> 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:shaz...@gmail.com] > >> > >> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 1:04 PM > >> > >> To: dev@cordova.apache.org > >> > >> 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 <bows...@gmail.com> > >> 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 <bows...@gmail.com> > >> > 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 < > jso...@blackberry.com> > >> > >> 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: dev-unsubscr...@cordova.apache.org > >> > >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cordova.apache.org > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cordova.apache.org > >> > >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cordova.apache.org > >> > >> > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >
