Not too long ago, tech journalists, bloggers, devoted fans, and most importantly, hard-working developers could all visit Android’s distribution dashboard and easily see what the breakdown of Android versions was for the past month. The information was succinct, neatly organized by either Android versions and APIs, and released each month. Aside from making headlines and giving Android fans food for thought, this tool was of immense help to small-time indie developers who find this data very useful when it comes to deciding which Android APIs to target, and that’s rather important if you simply don’t have the large budgets and data insights of the larger corporate app developers.
