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KitKat 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
by creshal 11y ago
KitKat 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.