Other What min SDK should i use in my apps?

ilan

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Hi Guys

I guess this question is not asked very much by developers

i always thought i should set the minimum sdk that is needed to run my app so i can reach as much people as i can
but is this really the right thing to do?

after some research i found out the 82.7 % of all devices uses API 15+ Android 4.0.3 +(http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html update: 1/5/2014)

so maybe its better to set the min SDK to 15 and the app will run on most devices almost the same then use small min sdk and get always crash reports or other surprises...

think about it
 
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ilan

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8? WHY NOT 10? there are only 1% of all android devices that use api 8

i would say its better to set it to min sdk 10 or jump to 15 ...
 
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ilan

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this is not the oldest, the oldest is SDK4 android 1.6, but version with less the 0.1% are not show...

Data collected during a 7-day period ending on May 1, 2014.
Any versions with less than 0.1% distribution are not shown.
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sorry missed that:


and still i would say 10 or 15
 
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