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The app currently requires android 5.0+ because of material design stuff. But technically I could make it work on android 4. Never thought so many people are st

by _query 11y ago

The app currently requires android 5.0+ because of material design stuff. But technically I could make it work on android 4. Never thought so many people are still running older android versions (My device is a nexus).

daveblt 11y ago
https://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html https://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html KitKat is the most used version of Android (36%). More than all versions of 5 and 6 combined.
- _query 11y ago
  Thanks for the link. Just fixed the issues with KitKat. A new release compatible with KitKat should be available soon.
mgkimsal 11y ago
> Never thought so many people are still running older android versions (My device is a nexus). This may sound ageist, but it may be because you're just 18 and haven't lived enough yet. Most people don't upgrade android. Most people can't upgrade Android. Per http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html about 33% of devices are Android 5.0 or higher. More than 50% of android users are using 4.1-4.3, and that probably won't shift massively in the near future. I too have a nexus, but AFAICT, I'll never get anything beyond 4.4 (unsure right now, haven't even turned it on in a while).
- _query 11y ago
  It's a really sad situation for developers IMO. Hopefully google will do something to fix this issue in the future.
  - mgkimsal 11y ago
    They've had... 7+ years to think about it and come up with a plan. Part of the plan was let everyone abuse the branding and give every manufacturer the ability to say "Android!" while giving 0 assurance of current version of upgradability. And we got years of cheap android devices that were, by design, legacy and non-upgradeable. Perhaps, maybe, in a few years, policies will change enough to say "if you use this brand, you have to adhere to these policies" and maintenance and upgradability will be a required policy. But... the effects of that will be years in to the future - there's no real change in the near term. Google seemed to intentionally ignore that aspect of licensing, and... somehow we're all collectively dismayed that hardware manufacturers chose their own short term profits over the impact to the Android brand?
- wingerlang 11y ago
  Doesn't seem aegist at all, the fragmentation issues Android has is pretty much common knowledge (at least within tech).
lucb1e 11y ago
> Never thought so many people are still running older android versions Well just to chip in, the last stable Cyanogenmod version for my device is based on Android 4.4. There are some nightlies, but never having updated to those (expecting a stable at some point) and being quite happy with my current OS, I'd rather not update.

by _query 11y ago

daveblt 11y ago

https://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html https://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html KitKat is the most used version of Android (36%). More than all versions of 5 and 6 combined.

_query 11y ago
Thanks for the link. Just fixed the issues with KitKat. A new release compatible with KitKat should be available soon.

mgkimsal 11y ago

> Never thought so many people are still running older android versions (My device is a nexus). This may sound ageist, but it may be because you're just 18 and haven't lived enough yet. Most people don't upgrade android. Most people can't upgrade Android. Per http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html about 33% of devices are Android 5.0 or higher. More than 50% of android users are using 4.1-4.3, and that probably won't shift massively in the near future. I too have a nexus, but AFAICT, I'll never get anything beyond 4.4 (unsure right now, haven't even turned it on in a while).

_query 11y ago
It's a really sad situation for developers IMO. Hopefully google will do something to fix this issue in the future.
- mgkimsal 11y ago
  They've had... 7+ years to think about it and come up with a plan. Part of the plan was let everyone abuse the branding and give every manufacturer the ability to say "Android!" while giving 0 assurance of current version of upgradability. And we got years of cheap android devices that were, by design, legacy and non-upgradeable. Perhaps, maybe, in a few years, policies will change enough to say "if you use this brand, you have to adhere to these policies" and maintenance and upgradability will be a required policy. But... the effects of that will be years in to the future - there's no real change in the near term. Google seemed to intentionally ignore that aspect of licensing, and... somehow we're all collectively dismayed that hardware manufacturers chose their own short term profits over the impact to the Android brand?
wingerlang 11y ago
Doesn't seem aegist at all, the fragmentation issues Android has is pretty much common knowledge (at least within tech).

lucb1e 11y ago

> Never thought so many people are still running older android versions Well just to chip in, the last stable Cyanogenmod version for my device is based on Android 4.4. There are some nightlies, but never having updated to those (expecting a stable at some point) and being quite happy with my current OS, I'd rather not update.