# Moving Hashnote to Ice Cream Sandwich and Above

DevFeed: [Moving Hashnote to Ice Cream Sandwich and Above](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/going-ics-only-30558.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://ryanharter.com/blog/2013/07/going-ics-only/>)

Published: 2013-07-07T07:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Blogs on Ryan Harter](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blogs-on-ryan-harter.md>)

Topics: [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [android-apps](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android-apps.md>), [RSS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/rss.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [android-apps](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android-apps.md>), [compatibility](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compatibility.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [devices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/devices.md>)

## AI overview

The author describes choosing Ice Cream Sandwich and above as the minimum Android version for Hashnote after finding that less than 1.4% of its users were on older versions. Removing the compatibility layer made development faster and eliminated concerns about old APIs.

## Source excerpt

Back in April I had the pleasure of seeing a talk by Jay Ohms of TwentyFive Squares at GDG Schaumburg. It was a great discussion about their app, Press, an excellent RSS reader for Android. The discussion wasn't a technical one, but one of the things that interested me was their decision to go Ice Cream Sandwich and up for Press. This was the first app that I had heard of, and the only major, popular app that I know of, that has made this decision.