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What android target should I develop for? Android 4.4W or android 4.4L or android 4.4 kitkat?

Recently I have downloaded latest patches to eclipse and android SDK and now I'm really confused in the matter of developing my application... If I want to create a game on phones, tablets etc should I still choose the newest target like android 4.4W or should I choose Android 4.4L or maybe the earlier stable release like 4.4 kitkat?

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Savail Avatar asked Jul 03 '14 12:07

Savail


2 Answers

If you are developing a Game for Tablets and Phones, then don't think about 4.4L or 4.4W as they are for different zones of devices as per the release information rightly said by Marco Aciemo

Better you work with API 19 i.e., KitKat version 4.4.2 as it is purely for Tablets and Devices

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Ramakishna Balla Avatar answered Oct 23 '22 10:10

Ramakishna Balla


UPDATE:

Just look at the official docs -

http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html

This explains with diagrams as of what to target.

| Version       |   Codename               |   API      |  Distribution
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 2.2            |    Froyo                 |   8        |  0.8%   
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 2.3.3 -        |
 2.3.7          | Gingerbread              |    10      |  14.9%
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 4.0.3 -        |
 4.0.4          | Ice Cream Sandwich       |    15      |  12.3%
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 4.1.x          |    Jelly Bean            |    16      |  29.0%
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 4.2.x          |                          |    17      |  19.1%
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 4.3            |                          |    18      |  10.3%
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 4.4            |    KitKat                |    19      |  13.6%
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

As you see the 29.0 % distribution is for API Level 16 Jelly Bean.

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My God Avatar answered Oct 23 '22 11:10

My God