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I'm also a solo dev and while I understand the nuisance the changes are often slow and spread out. It's annoying if you have 1 app but if you have many, it's s

I'm also a solo dev and while I understand the nuisance the changes are often slow and spread out. It's annoying if you have 1 app but if you have many, it's still the same amount of work. I built a little offline, no frills app for mushroom picking for my dad's birthday and every 2/3 years I need to rebuild it with a new target API. No big deal and it keeps making me think whether it's worth it being there or not: until my dad or I go to mushroom picking then the answer will be yes.

hu3 2y ago
Perhaps a PWA web app would be a good fit? It allows for offline functionality and icon on home screen. Much lower maintenance too. Could even host in GitHub pages depending on requirements.
- xandrius 2y ago
  Maybe but then you're supporting X default browsers instead of 1 platform. I'd still rather open the project, change the minSDK and rebuild than having to mess around with Samsung Browser, UC Browser from hell or else.
  - CalRobert 2y ago
    Are they that different since it’s basically just chrome reskins and Firefox?
    - fakedang 2y ago
      And Firefox is 3% of the browser market, and god knows what fraction of the mobile browser market. You only need to worry about Chrome and Safari.
      - xandrius 2y ago
        This depends on your user base: their age, their country, etc. If someone with a cheap Xiaomi with a weird default browser comes and tells me that they have an issue with my app/game, I can't get back to them and tell them to fck off because they are not respecting the stats. Or rather, I definitely could but I don't want to.
        fakedang 2y ago
        I'm typing this from a cheap Xiaomi. You're good to go. (Default browser seems to be Chrome, though I use brave)
    - xandrius 2y ago
      Yep, they are mostly similar but not exactly the same. I developed a small web-based game and even that one required quite a bit of testing and debugging from players' reports as it seems every manufacturer uses a different default browser. I have a check specifically for UC Browser (had no idea of its existence) as it has a bug regarding dates. Go figure. And then people downvote me because they think all is Chrome and Firefox, while that's not the whole picture at all.
  - eviks 2y ago
    You're supporting exactly one browser - the one you use and switched your dad over to (at least for this one activity of mushroom picking)?
    - xandrius 2y ago
      My comment is in general for my apps. As I said, for my mushrooming app I'm using a native app.
  - Evidlo 2y ago
    For an informational static page, it's almost surely going to work on all major browsers out of the box.

hu3 2y ago

Perhaps a PWA web app would be a good fit? It allows for offline functionality and icon on home screen. Much lower maintenance too. Could even host in GitHub pages depending on requirements.

xandrius 2y ago
Maybe but then you're supporting X default browsers instead of 1 platform. I'd still rather open the project, change the minSDK and rebuild than having to mess around with Samsung Browser, UC Browser from hell or else.
- CalRobert 2y ago
  Are they that different since it’s basically just chrome reskins and Firefox?
  - fakedang 2y ago
    And Firefox is 3% of the browser market, and god knows what fraction of the mobile browser market. You only need to worry about Chrome and Safari.
    - xandrius 2y ago
      This depends on your user base: their age, their country, etc. If someone with a cheap Xiaomi with a weird default browser comes and tells me that they have an issue with my app/game, I can't get back to them and tell them to fck off because they are not respecting the stats. Or rather, I definitely could but I don't want to.
      - fakedang 2y ago
        I'm typing this from a cheap Xiaomi. You're good to go. (Default browser seems to be Chrome, though I use brave)
  - xandrius 2y ago
    Yep, they are mostly similar but not exactly the same. I developed a small web-based game and even that one required quite a bit of testing and debugging from players' reports as it seems every manufacturer uses a different default browser. I have a check specifically for UC Browser (had no idea of its existence) as it has a bug regarding dates. Go figure. And then people downvote me because they think all is Chrome and Firefox, while that's not the whole picture at all.
- eviks 2y ago
  You're supporting exactly one browser - the one you use and switched your dad over to (at least for this one activity of mushroom picking)?
  - xandrius 2y ago
    My comment is in general for my apps. As I said, for my mushrooming app I'm using a native app.
- Evidlo 2y ago
  For an informational static page, it's almost surely going to work on all major browsers out of the box.