I really appreciate sharing this kind of data, there is a massive amount of mis-information about the current Android device landscape. Google's #s are actually quite underselling the average active users' device API level. DoubleEncore's numbers show roughly 15% Gingerbread, my own experience is around 5-10% Gingerbread. Anything before Gingerbread is not relevant. I am working with enterprise clients, so that might be a best case scenario. I have never seen a client with company bought Gingerbread phones, so those Gingerbread users are from "Bring Your Own Device" companies.
If you are making a general purpose app, you might have to deal with a higher % of Gingerbread users today. My gut feeling is that we are 6-12 months away from being able to make ICS the minimum for most apps.
The difference between 15% and 1-2% still means that I have to support Gingerbread today, but I spend a lot more time finding ways to take advantage of Jelly Bean than figuring out how to backport to Gingerbread. Skate where the puck is going.
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[ 3.3 ms ] story [ 15.1 ms ] threadIf you are making a general purpose app, you might have to deal with a higher % of Gingerbread users today. My gut feeling is that we are 6-12 months away from being able to make ICS the minimum for most apps.
The difference between 15% and 1-2% still means that I have to support Gingerbread today, but I spend a lot more time finding ways to take advantage of Jelly Bean than figuring out how to backport to Gingerbread. Skate where the puck is going.