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What management? I decide this kind of thing myself in that project. The app is open-source and for a nonprofit. I don't see much reasoning to drop Android vers
by grishka 4y ago
What management? I decide this kind of thing myself in that project. The app is open-source and for a nonprofit. I don't see much reasoning to drop Android versions above 6.0 because there aren't that many API changes that would make a difference for my case. It's not like supporting 4.x or 2.x, the "you gotta carry the reimplementation of a substantial part of the UI framework with your app" kind of annoyance. The app in question doesn't even use appcompat. The apk is around 3 megabytes.
- Sammi 4y agoWell then it doesn't sound like supporting v.6.0 is much of an issue for you in your particular case. I'm happy for you.
- kuschku 4y agoActually, 7 and 8 added some major support for Java 8, which is quite useful, as it adds better support for NIO and lambdas. But most of that can be done with polyfills and transpilers, which the android gradle plugin does automatically nowadays.