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And? Apart from the Kernel, 7.5 and 8 are pretty much identical and 99.9% of all apps work fine on both. I have both devices sitting in front of me. The same

by meaty 14y ago

And? Apart from the Kernel, 7.5 and 8 are pretty much identical and 99.9% of all apps work fine on both. I have both devices sitting in front of me. The same cannot be said between say Android 2.3 which is still in circulation and 4.whatever-is-current.

drivebyacct2 14y ago
>The same cannot be said between say Android 2.3 which is still in circulation and 4.whatever-is-current. Pfft. Says who?
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- yareally 14y ago
  > Pfft. Says who? Says Google, with 45% still using 2.3. Also, all my apps outside of ones for root users are still a majority of 2.3 users. http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html
  - ergo14 14y ago
    There are only few apps that dont work on 2.3 versions of android - most often new launchers - i think thats what the comment above was implying.
    - yareally 14y ago
      Didn't think of it that way, but they would be correct if that was the case. 2.3 and above is easy enough to code for with the compatibility library. 2.2 is mostly okay, unless one wants to use something like the download manager api added in 2.3.
  - drivebyacct2 14y ago
    Which has nothing to do with what Meaty said. Target 2.3 and progressively enhance for 4.0 if you need/want to. I see the other comment already pointed this out. Saying it's fragmented is like saying Windows is fragmented because users are on XP, Vista, 7 and 8 in significant numbers. Or OS X is fragmented because there are a block of users that effectively refuse to upgrade. Or his own example of WP... you have to be conscious about what you're targeting. It's just a silly excuse to try to slander Android and I'm tired of people like meaty using "fragmented" to try to make some sort of "point".
    - yareally 14y ago
      I agree with you of course with your clarification now :). I just misinterpreted your context to mean you were calling in question how many users were on which OS. Android fragmentation is much overblown by those that have probably never even tried to build an Android app. Especially if one is targeting 2.3+. I generally target 2.2 and above without any issue. If I do run into issues, it's really because I'm playing around with things that were never intended to be messed with (reflection or things that require root). Neither of those two examples are fair to blame on Android though.

by meaty 14y ago

drivebyacct2 14y ago

>The same cannot be said between say Android 2.3 which is still in circulation and 4.whatever-is-current. Pfft. Says who?

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yareally 14y ago
> Pfft. Says who? Says Google, with 45% still using 2.3. Also, all my apps outside of ones for root users are still a majority of 2.3 users. http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html
- ergo14 14y ago
  There are only few apps that dont work on 2.3 versions of android - most often new launchers - i think thats what the comment above was implying.
  - yareally 14y ago
    Didn't think of it that way, but they would be correct if that was the case. 2.3 and above is easy enough to code for with the compatibility library. 2.2 is mostly okay, unless one wants to use something like the download manager api added in 2.3.
- drivebyacct2 14y ago
  Which has nothing to do with what Meaty said. Target 2.3 and progressively enhance for 4.0 if you need/want to. I see the other comment already pointed this out. Saying it's fragmented is like saying Windows is fragmented because users are on XP, Vista, 7 and 8 in significant numbers. Or OS X is fragmented because there are a block of users that effectively refuse to upgrade. Or his own example of WP... you have to be conscious about what you're targeting. It's just a silly excuse to try to slander Android and I'm tired of people like meaty using "fragmented" to try to make some sort of "point".
  - yareally 14y ago
    I agree with you of course with your clarification now :). I just misinterpreted your context to mean you were calling in question how many users were on which OS. Android fragmentation is much overblown by those that have probably never even tried to build an Android app. Especially if one is targeting 2.3+. I generally target 2.2 and above without any issue. If I do run into issues, it's really because I'm playing around with things that were never intended to be messed with (reflection or things that require root). Neither of those two examples are fair to blame on Android though.