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Ice Cream Sandwich, which is 5 years old, has about vanished. Jelly Bean still has 30% market share, but are owners of 4 year old phones a significant portion
by sliverstorm 11y ago
Ice Cream Sandwich, which is 5 years old, has about vanished.
Jelly Bean still has 30% market share, but are owners of 4 year old phones a significant portion of app revenue? I'd wager the people spending money have at least KitKat.
Lollipop, at a year and half old, has another 30%
- creshal 11y agoKitKat is three years old at this point. And I still see new phones and tablets with 4.1 or 4.2 on sale. Digital Signage platforms especially (the part of the Android market I actually care about) seem to be largely stuck on 4.1.
- sliverstorm 11y agoSure, but ask yourself if that's a market you want to target. Do you care if digital signage terminals can run your app?
- creshal 11y agoI really care if digital signage terminals can run my apps, because I sell digital signage terminals with these apps installed.
- sliverstorm 11y agoOk, fair enough. I see now in your comment, the part of the Android market I actually care about Don't know if I wasn't paying enough attention when I replied, or if you ninja-edited, but that's certainly relevant context.
- krschultz 11y agoThen make the business case to the right stakeholders that supporting the latest versions of Android is important. I don't see how the digital signage ecosystem not staying up to date is Google's fault. I have millions of installs for my apps and my minSdk is 16, and I'm very close to bumping it to 19.
- dyladan 11y agoHow much does a digital sign really benefit from tracking the most recent releases anyways? Other than the obvious issue of security fixes, it doesn't seem like that is a domain that would really care that much about trying to keep up.
- creshal 11y agoSecurity fixes are reason enough.