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[Misfitsman805]

IOS 6 Support would be awesome for this app! Was so excited to see that a new HE app was out! Than became bummed to find out it requires IOS 7 or later... 
IOS 6 support wouldn't require much of a change to code would it?

[kcochran]

Actually, it would.  It's relatively easy to move forward from iOS6->7 code, since at that point you're more or less able to tighten up and remove a bunch of code.  Not quite so easy to go back, since then you have to a) stick guards around potentially optional usage of iOS7-only APIs (as well as find them, since all apps have to be built using the most current SDK, so the IDE is no help here); b) not base any functions on any iOS7-only API additions or improvements (CFNetwork improvements, etc.); c) rely on deprecated properties, and hope they don't get removed in the next major release.

Not insurmountable, but not completely trivial.

[Misfitsman805]

So is there any plan to add support for IOS 6 or even maybe Android Froyo (2.2-2.2.3)

[kcochran]

I can't make any promises about iOS6.  It's not a simple shift to also support it, especially once iOS8 lands anyway.  Usually the down-rev sims get retired out, which then makes it kind of tough to test & build against.

As to Android, I believe the IPv6 support on those releases is limited to non-existent.  The OS has also come a long way in the four years since Froyo came out.

[Misfitsman805]

Alright thank you for the info.