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If you're an android dev, you know google basically rewrite the whole SDK for every major OS release. Android 1.0 is unrecognizable compared to Android 28.0 to
by kkarakk 8y ago
If you're an android dev, you know google basically rewrite the whole SDK for every major OS release. Android 1.0 is unrecognizable compared to Android 28.0 to the point where supporting devices running 1.0 from a 28.0 is a tedious and time-expensive operation.
- anticensor 8y agoDid you mean SDK 28? There was no Android 28.0 as this was posted.
- distances 8y agoThere aren't any API level 1 devices out there though. Supporting, say, Android 4 (level 14, from 2011 so almost eight years ago!) is very straightforward. The fragmentation argument doesn't hold water for most apps.
- kkarakk 8y agomaybe if you have a simple text app, try implementing background sync, modern UIs even db stuff gets really convoluted really quickly. forget about camera/audio support my current company supports down to only api level 19 and even then it's like having to maintain multiple apps to support apis <23