Are all apps gingerbread ready?

[cyn]

Later this month, I'm either going to upgrade to Moto Bionic or Razr, are all the apps on MarketPlace compatible w/ gingerbread? If not, I guess I'd rather wait. Thanks, Cyn

 

[itsallgood]

They should be. Just read the reviews and see what problems are being reported. Developers usually make the necessary changes for the current OS. Android is forever evolving.

 

[cyn]

Evolving yes, why all the dessert names? honeycomb, gingerbread, icecream sandwich?????? anyway, thanks, just didn't want any additional surprises outside getting set up again, Cyn

 

[robobrain]

Because engineers like clever code names too much.

 

[cyn]

Or a carboholic like me, LOL

 

[chrlswltrs]

Later this month, I'm either going to upgrade to Moto Bionic or Razr, are all the apps on MarketPlace compatible w/ gingerbread? If not, I guess I'd rather wait. Thanks, Cyn

I haven't found any that aren't. If there are any, the devs for that app are extremely far behind since Gingerbread has been on phones since last December.

 

[Rushey]

Yes, all Android apps are *forwards* compatible, i.e. they will work on the version they are written for - and ALL subsequent versions. That functionality is part of the core Android concept. That said, they may not be able to take advantage of future OS improvements unless the app is updated, but they will still work fine.

They are not necessarily *backwards* compatible, though (but many are).

HTH

Rob

 

[chrlswltrs]

Yes, all Android apps are *forwards* compatible, i.e. they will work on the version they are written for - and ALL subsequent versions. That functionality is part of the core Android concept. That said, they may not be able to take advantage of future OS improvements unless the app is updated, but they will still work fine.

They are not necessarily *backwards* compatible, though (but many are).

HTH

Rob

Not necessarily, when a new OS is released it can cause some problems and crashes with apps until they are updated to support the current version. This was the case when Gingerbread was released a year ago and for the first couple months there were a couple apps that crashed a lot on me.

Another example: the Xfinity tv app only worked on Froyo for about 6 months after it was released. I managed to get the apk and install it on my phone and it would instantly crash because it did not support Gingerbread. On the other hand it worked great on my daughter's phone because it was only running Froyo. Once they updated it to support the OS it has worked great on my phone.

But, again Gingerbread has been on phones for a year now, so everything runs just fine on it now.

 

[Rushey]

Not necessarily

See the "Development Considerations" section of Android API Levels | Android Developers

Android applications are generally forward-compatible with new versions of the Android platform.
Because almost all changes to the framework API are additive, an Android application developed using any given version of the API (as specified by its API Level) is forward-compatible with later versions of the Android platform and higher API levels. The application should be able to run on all later versions of the Android platform, except in isolated cases where the application uses a part of the API that is later removed for some reason.

Rob