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.
Read the blog post then decide.
Wrote perspective from different Android devs in the blog post.
I'm resizing to a bigger plan.
Cool story bro.
Not to mention there are still plenty on new GB phones sold in developing markets.
He's advocating dropping potentially 30% of his potential consumers because it's technically easier. Some of us can probably afford that, some can't. But I just think broad statements like "Just drop support for the older version, it'll push people to upgrade and make the entire system better" is a stupid argument.
The reality is people paid a lot of money for their sweet new Android 2.3 phones 2 years ago or less. Why should you punish them now and not spend the extra time to make your app work well there?
The biggest problem with GB that I've seen isn't necessarily the lack of certain APIs , but the constraints in terms of resources on phones with GB, which tend to have worse hardware (because they are older devices or lower-end devices). If you think by developing on ICS/JB you magically can stop worrying about performance or resource constraints, you'd be mistaken. Some of the new cheaper Android phones in developing markets are very resource constrained.
Cheap devices aren't going away. Dropping GB support does not mean you can stop writing performance-optimized code or profiling your app.
People with older phones that they paid only a few hundred bucks for two years ago should not have the expectation for it to keep working. It is not punishment, they can continue to use their devices as is perfectly fine."
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They're still out there, absolutely.
Also, writing code to work well on lower end phones might be a pain, but it means it's going to make your app even smoother on the higher end devices. It requires more time, buy you get more of a performance buffer.
Well, ...not _nothing_
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26920609
...but I understand that only techies dare to go download random images from the interwebz and attempt flashing their device. Personally, my Kindle Fire is running this SimpleCM9 Android 4.0.4 quite well.
Thanks for that link!