How well do the devs keep abreast of iOS/Android platform/store changes and requirements?

powersnap55

I'm thinking of switching from Unity, but one of the things I've really appreciated about Unity is that they take iOS/Android platform changes seriously. I know of previous experience with GameMaker that lagging changes between Apple/Google and the engine devs can make it extraordinarily painful to work on mobile.

How does Godot measure up? Keeps up with the changes, or takes a while?

cybereality

I've done a bunch of testing on mobile but haven't released a game yet. I will say, Godot is MUCH faster to test and iterate on mobile. You can launch on a phone probably in 5 to 10 seconds, and still edit the game (mostly) and see the changes while you are playing. So that part is great.

But I have seen comments about people trying to publish on mobile and some of the requirements not being up to date. For example, I think the current version of Godot uses Android API 28 and Google requires 29 to publish on the store. However, the good thing is that you can create your own export templates, and update yourself, though this is a bit more work.

DaveTheCoder

Does Android API mean the same thing as Android SDK? I forget.

This is from the config.gradle in the Godot android_source.zip export template downloaded on Dec. 17:

    ext.versions = [
        androidGradlePlugin: '3.5.3',
        compileSdk         : 29,
        minSdk             : 18,
        targetSdk          : 29,
        buildTools         : '29.0.3',
        supportCoreUtils   : '1.0.0',
        kotlinVersion      : '1.3.61',
        v4Support          : '1.0.0'
  ]

cybereality

Ah yes, I guess it was updated. The point was that there was a period of mismatch, so it just depends when a new version comes out (either for Android or Godot) and that they may not be the same.