I don't know if there is enough support in the platform to let your application load widgets from other apks. Theoretically you could, but: - We do plan on having such an API in future versions - Your API would work only for your Home screen - There are some serious security concerns with this
The first two can be tackled once Android is open source but the last point is more difficult. Home usually runs with many permissions and widgets are basically foreign pieces of code that run in your process which can lead to a great amount of security issues. If you are motivated, I encourage you to pursue this idea, but I don't think it is a trivial task. On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 1:12 AM, Peli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ok thanks. > > Would it in principle be possible to write a new home screen that > offers a gadget API? > (i.e. do you see a technical possibility or possible problems > combining views from different apks in a single activity?) > What would be the best way to tackle this? > > Peli > > On 19 Aug., 10:08, "Romain Guy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> No, such an API does not exist and won't exist in 1.0. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 1:07 AM, Peli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > The new home screen features a clock and a Google search box if one >> > scrolls to the left or right. >> >> > Also application icons can be placed on the home screen by long- >> > clicking them. >> >> > Question: >> > Is it possible for us to write custom gadgets for the home screen like >> > the clock or the Google search box? Is there a public API for this >> > purpose? >> >> > Peli >> >> -- >> Romain Guywww.curious-creature.org- Zitierten Text ausblenden - >> >> - Zitierten Text anzeigen - > > > -- Romain Guy www.curious-creature.org --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Announcing the new Android 0.9 SDK beta! http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/08/announcing-beta-release-of-android-sdk.html For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
