It is official! Jelly Bean is now the dominant Android version across the platform. The
Android Developer website reports
that
40.5 % of devices now have the mobile OS with version
4.1.x and
4.2.1. Gingerbread or version 2.3.x, which had enjoyed a majority on
Android devices is no longer in the lead, but is at second position with
its presence on
33.1% devices. Ice Cream Sandwich, which was supposed
to be a big thing, stands at the third place with
22.5%, indicating that
most device manufacturers preferred to let it pass in favour of the
newer and better optimised version. Older OS versions are no longer
relevant. The report takes into account the last 14 days up to 1st
August.
Google
has been drawing flak over fragmentation issues because of the various
Android OS versions that coexist. This results in some devices not being
able to properly run apps written using Android SDK due to the lack of
optimisation for a particular version (or the optimisation for a single
version). However, if you consider Android OS 4.x.x together, the
fragmentation issue seems to be addressed correctly as there are 63%
devices with this OS version, which is a good majority. Apple, on the
other hand, has been less affected by this issue despite the existence
of its various iOS versions. That's because it doesn't have too many
device models, and also because it is known to make it obligatory for
apps to set a minimum platform requirement, which filters off devices
that may not be able to run a particular app well. Windows Phone, which
has versions 7, 7.5, 7.8, and 8, is also not badly affected by fragmentation as reported earlier.
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