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"Versions before 2.2 are ancient by smartphone standards and can therefore also be ignored, just like most developers ignore iOS 3.0 and earlier." In fact, the

• masklinn 13y ago
  On the other hand, iOS3 can also be safely ignored because it's a completely insignificant part of the userbase: early june studies showed an install base of 0.1% on phones (0.6% on tablets). By comparison 2.5% of the android userbase was still on 2.2[0]. Though things look good as it's been falling fast (2.2 was over 8% in february) [0] http://www.gsmarena.com/android_in_july_41_jb_now_more_popular_than_23_gingerbread-news-6507.php http://www.gsmarena.com/android_in_july_41_jb_now_more_popul...
  • pisarzp 13y ago
    This still doesn't change the fact that phones using 2.2 are ancient and users are probably uninterested in downloading apps, so you can safely ignore them. It's a high percentage, but mainly because of negative selection. People who don't care about apps bought cheapest Android phones.
    • ProblemFactory 13y ago
      I wish Google disclosed more statistics than "worldwide active users" for the Android versions. If they published additional details, for example: * filtering by country/city, * filtering by age or demographics, * "total money spent on apps" instead of active users, then developers could be more confident in supporting 4.0+ only (and convincing their clients or employers to do so).
    • masklinn 13y ago
      > This still doesn't change the fact that phones using 2.2 are ancient and users are probably uninterested in downloading apps That is a completely unsupported assertion.
  • babuskov 13y ago
    The article is about versions before 2.2. So, 2.2 and it's 2.5% are "supported".
    • masklinn 13y ago
      Excellent point, I had misread that part. So it's only Eclair's much lower 1.2% which are ignored.