Proposal: Add API updation
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Abishek V Ashok
Jan 21, 2020, 11:07:54 AM1/21/20
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Hey I am Abishek, an OSP contributor.
I would like to put forward a proposal for API updation on Android.
Currently users of Android relay on OEMs to communicate new API updates to them. OEMs generally distribute only one or two updates to the core Android distribution. This leaves a lot of devices lagging behind on old versions of the Android API. This is an ordeal for developers such as me, as we cannot add features that come in newer Android APIs to older systems. I am aware of the support library but it offers only limited features.
Hence, I propose to add an API that updates other endpoints to newer versions. Since APIs are made keeping older API revisions intact, updation of APIs won't disturb the working system or the UI/UX that OEMs offer.
This will be major leap in the Android ecosystem ensuring newer features to older devices.
I would like to work on it in the following manner:
When Android encounters an app installed with min sdk greater than that of the current sdk, the system prompts the user to update to the target sdk of the app via this API. Users can also manually upgrade APIs to higher versions of the Android Platform via a system app.
I would like to put forward a proposal for API updation on Android.
Currently users of Android relay on OEMs to communicate new API updates to them. OEMs generally distribute only one or two updates to the core Android distribution. This leaves a lot of devices lagging behind on old versions of the Android API. This is an ordeal for developers such as me, as we cannot add features that come in newer Android APIs to older systems. I am aware of the support library but it offers only limited features.
Hence, I propose to add an API that updates other endpoints to newer versions. Since APIs are made keeping older API revisions intact, updation of APIs won't disturb the working system or the UI/UX that OEMs offer.
This will be major leap in the Android ecosystem ensuring newer features to older devices.
I would like to work on it in the following manner:
When Android encounters an app installed with min sdk greater than that of the current sdk, the system prompts the user to update to the target sdk of the app via this API. Users can also manually upgrade APIs to higher versions of the Android Platform via a system app.
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