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It looks like this was released either in 8.x[0] or 9.x[1] series. Unclear to me which one. That means that only up to about 1/3 of Android devices[2] have the
by cdubzzz 7y ago
It looks like this was released either in 8.x[0] or 9.x[1] series. Unclear to me which one. That means that only up to about 1/3 of Android devices[2] have the feature. Version distribution is one of the things that seems to tip stuff like this in favor in iOS[3].
Admittedly, the distribution of Android devices on 8.x+ is higher than I even expected before looking at this.
[0] https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/wifi-scan#wifi-scan-restrictions https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/wifi...
[1] https://developer.android.com/about/versions/pie/android-9.0-changes-all#restricted_access_to_wi-fi_location_and_connection_information https://developer.android.com/about/versions/pie/android-9.0...
[2] https://developer.android.com/about/dashboards https://developer.android.com/about/dashboards
[3] https://developer.apple.com/support/app-store/ https://developer.apple.com/support/app-store/
- noisem4ker 7y agoLocation access started being required for WiFi scans in Android 6.0 Marshmallow (2015). https://developer.android.com/about/versions/marshmallow/android-6.0-changes.html#behavior-hardware-id https://developer.android.com/about/versions/marshmallow/and... By eye, that covers nearly 75% of current devices.
- cdubzzz 7y agoThank you. I figured I was probably missing something on that point.