Wish Updated Core library

[Cableguy]

Hi Erel,

If i understand correctly, the B4a Core lib is why B4x is still compatible with Android 2+ version.
since the percentagem of such devices is nos very very small, i wish it would target higher versions of the Android OS, por at least encapsulate a few BASIC Android features such as elevation (I know I could use appcompat for this but to me its implementation/usage ratio is overkill, as in most cases we only need to set elevation)
Please correct me if im wrong!

 

[corwin42]

No, you are wrong here.

What you call a BASIC Android feature was introduced to Android in API 21 (View.setElevation() ). So if this is added to the core library it will work only on (currently) 18% of the devices. Though this simple feature wouldn't cause a drop of Android 2+ support.
Setting the elevation for Android 5.0 and up can be done easily with Reflection in just a few lines of code. No need to add this to the core.

 

[Cableguy]

Good to know... Thanks corwin