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> But most of the time, web developers can apply new features as enhancements. As an iOS developer, I wish we could do the same in web development and save the
by lawgimenez 4y ago
> But most of the time, web developers can apply new features as enhancements.
As an iOS developer, I wish we could do the same in web development and save the author the time in posting this blog. But in reality, this is just hard to do. iOS is very poor in backwards compatibility compared to Android. In iOS we only support 3 major version down, compared to Android we still support up to Lollipop up until last year.
- cudgy 4y agoAdoption of newer OS versions on iOS occurs much quicker than Android. There is less benefit from supporting more than 2 or 3 ios versions back. Also, it is arguable whether an app customer that would rather have a flip phone is valuable enough to worry about retaining.
- lawgimenez 4y agoI'm in Southeast Asia, significant number of our users are still using very old Android phones from 5 years ago.
- cudgy 4y agoI assume that means there are not many iOS users in your area. Luckily Android is easier to provide backward compatibility with Androidx, and there are more users with older devices (maybe 2-3 yrs old) even in the North American market make it more worth the effort.
- lawgimenez 4y agoYes Androidx library is a godsend. Definitely more Android users than iOS.