Why it’s time to support only Android 4.0 and above
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Re: Why it’s time to support only Android 4.0 and above
#2I feel that supporting Android 2.3 at this time is roughly equivalent to supporting IE6. For the majority of people, just stop targeting 2.3 support as a requirement. Perhaps it'll net you some additional marketshare in emerging markets, but for the most part, ≥API14 is ubiquitous to a point where this is a sensible decision.
Re: Why it’s time to support only Android 4.0 and above
#3Site is giving me a database error, so I'm committing the sin of posting based only on the title :(
Hipster Mountain View/Palo Alto is not the world. Most people who manage to afford to buy a smartphone, use the thing until it dies. I personally just upgraded from an Android 2.3 device, and my latest Apple device is on iOS 2. And I read Hacker News for christ's sake.
Maybe for your app, your community the norms are different. But be careful not to bias your data - you better be sure that you are not unknowingly turning away people who would be customers if only you supported their device.
Re: Why it’s time to support only Android 4.0 and above
#4I feel that supporting Android 2.3 at this time is roughly equivalent to supporting IE6. For the majority of people, just stop targeting 2.3 support as a requirement. Perhaps it'll net you some additional marketshare in emerging markets, but for the most part, ≥API14 is ubiquitous to a point where this is a sensible decision.
Not supporting IE6 will cost you lucrative enterprise dollars, Android 2.3, while popular, is not nearly as profitable.
Re: Why it’s time to support only Android 4.0 and above
#5I feel that supporting Android 2.3 at this time is roughly equivalent to supporting IE6. For the majority of people, just stop targeting 2.3 support as a requirement. Perhaps it'll net you some additional marketshare in emerging markets, but for the most part, ≥API14 is ubiquitous to a point where this is a sensible decision.
Re: Why it’s time to support only Android 4.0 and above
#6Site is giving me a database error, so I'm committing the sin of posting based only on the title :( Hipster Mountain View/Palo Alto is not the world. Most people who manage to afford to buy a smartphone, use the thing until it dies. I personally just upgraded from an Android 2.3 device, and my latest Apple device is on iOS 2. And I read Hacker News for christ's sake. Maybe for your app, your community the norms are d…
Need to resize my server. Can't handle traffic.
Read the blog post then decide.
Wrote perspective from different Android devs in the blog post.
Re: Why it’s time to support only Android 4.0 and above
#7Site is giving me a database error, so I'm committing the sin of posting based only on the title :( Hipster Mountain View/Palo Alto is not the world. Most people who manage to afford to buy a smartphone, use the thing until it dies. I personally just upgraded from an Android 2.3 device, and my latest Apple device is on iOS 2. And I read Hacker News for christ's sake. Maybe for your app, your community the norms are d…
Need to resize my server. Can't handle traffic. Read the blog post then decide. Wrote perspective from different Android devs in the blog post.
caching?
Re: Why it’s time to support only Android 4.0 and above
#8Re: Why it’s time to support only Android 4.0 and above
#9Site is giving me a database error, so I'm committing the sin of posting based only on the title :( Hipster Mountain View/Palo Alto is not the world. Most people who manage to afford to buy a smartphone, use the thing until it dies. I personally just upgraded from an Android 2.3 device, and my latest Apple device is on iOS 2. And I read Hacker News for christ's sake. Maybe for your app, your community the norms are d…
Need to resize my server. Can't handle traffic. Read the blog post then decide. Wrote perspective from different Android devs in the blog post.
You can't scale your blog server but you're an authority on what version of Android to support?
Cool story bro.
Re: Why it’s time to support only Android 4.0 and above
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Need to resize my server. Can't handle traffic. Read the blog post then decide. Wrote perspective from different Android devs in the blog post.
You can't scale your blog server but you're an authority on what version of Android to support? Cool story bro.
You can be a great developer and not know the first thing about server administration. They aren't mutually inclusive skill-sets in the least. If I spend my day working on embedded systems, why would I give a rat's ass about a webserver?