I'm not familiar with all the capabilities made available by SDK version 8 (which corresponds to Android 2.2). Is it worth excluding 25% of your potential users to use the (almost) latest features available?
Ask HN: Would you build an Android app to min API 7 or 8?
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Re: Ask HN: Would you build an Android app to min API 7 or 8?
#2If possible include 7 , still 30- 40 % user are on 2.1 update, or you can develop on 8 but specify min-version as 1.6 to maintain backward compatibility