Does LC actually build for Android 2.2?

[Mike Bonner]

Wow. Yep, I agree.  Let 2.2 go.


On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 3:42 PM, Richard Gaskin <ambassador at fourthworld.com>
wrote:

> Mike Bonner wrote:
>
>> http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=14684 <-- that one
>>
>
> Thanks, Mike.   I added this comment there:
>
>    If it's very easy to support Android 2.2 then let's do it soon.
>    I spent yet another afternoon trying this, to no avail.
>
>    But if it takes more than a few minutes, it's probably cheaper
>    and easier, and no more detrimental, to just nix all mention
>    of Android 2.2 as LiveCode's baseline.
>
>    As of March 2, the percentage of Android devices running 2.2
>    is 0.4%:
>
>
> http://thedroidguy.com/2015/03/android-5-0-marketshare-more-than-doubled-since-february-report-103759
>
>    Too many LiveCoders have spent way too much time trying without
>    success to get LC to build on Android 2.2.
>
>    Let's just say the baseline is 2.3 and move on. 99.6% of the market
>    should be enough for any serious developer.
>
>    In fact, the few who are still using a many-years-old device that
>    can't upgrade past 2.2 are very unlikely to contribute to a
>    developer's bottom line, so they're hardly worth spending any time
>    pursuing.
>
>
> --
>  Richard Gaskin
>  Fourth World Systems
>  Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web
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