Fragmentation – a dirty word in a land filled with Android handsets of all shapes, sizes, and hardware. No matter how anyone spins it, it is still alive and well, and causing irritating issues to both developers and BYOD (bring your own device) companies. If you are unaware of what exactly “fragmentation” is, here’s the gist of it – the market is currently saturated with all sorts of Android handsets – old ones, new ones, low-enders, midrangers, and flagships, all having their specific hardware kinks and, more importantly, running different versions of Android. This complicates things for developers, who have to build their apps for many different systems, and for user security, especially since there has been a major flaw found on Android versions below 4.4 KitKat.
