Android: Which versions of android should I support? [closed]

Question

I've been working on this project for my company and my boss said: "we want to target as many devices as possible so make it work for 1.6" which seriously tied my hands at some times.

What I'm wandering now is: is it worth supporting 1.6 in general?

With the release of 2.3 and the fact that most recent phones have been updated to 2.X, what place is left for 1.6 devices.

Answer 1

The current distribution of Android Versions should give you some idea what you should do. Perhaps show the graph to your boss?

Answer 2

From this link you can see that Androids below 2.1 are in a minority, about 17% are below 2.1.

Since 2.3 recently came out, and rumors about 3.0 have started to float + many device makers have posted upgrades from 1.6 do 2.1 or higher, I doubt there are many reasons left to develop for Androids below 2.x.