A quick follow-up on this: We noticed that Android API 14 (4.0.0–4.0.2) use is astonishingly low on ARM, too, so we took this opportunity to kill support for that alongside x86. See Bug 1237342 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1237342>.
That means that both our ARM and x86 mainline builds are now *API 15+* (4.0.3+). For the moment we continue to support our Gingerbread API 9-10 build, but do follow Bug 1220184 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1220184> for EOL on that front. On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 6:55 PM, Richard Newman <[email protected]> wrote: > tl;dr: Firefox for Android will no longer support Honeycomb (API 11-13) > devices as of Firefox 46. > > We just landed a change for Android ARM builds in Bug 1155801 > <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1155801>. This change takes > our supported API versions from > > 9-10, 11+ > > to > > 9-10, 14+ > > That is, we have maintained our Gingerbread-only build, and eliminated > support for Honeycomb from our main build. > > This change also applies to b2gdroid (which will now be 14+ only). > > x86 builds will shortly shift to support only 15+, because the number of > x86 devices running API 14 or lower is vanishingly small. That work is > tracked in Bug 1062537 > <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1062537>. > > The motivation for this change is straightforward: Honeycomb is an > outdated Android version that takes a disproportionate amount of effort to > test and keep working. It doesn't have many users, it's hard to get test > devices, and we have bunch of code that exists just for Honeycomb > compatibility. > > We expect both developer productivity and APK size improvements from the > follow-up work in Bug 1217675 > <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1217675>. > > Honeycomb devices that have already installed Firefox from Google Play > will no longer see updates past Firefox 45. New Honeycomb devices won't see > Firefox as available at all. We plan to stop serving Nightly and Aurora > updates via Firefox's own internal updater as soon as this change sticks. > > Thanks to everyone who did the legwork for testing and reviewing, and > thanks in advance to the folks who'll be tackling the updater changes, > release notes, etc. etc. > > Any questions: please contact me, :nalexander, :liuche, or :margaret. > > Happy new year! > > -R >
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