On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 8:42 AM, dario <dario.nycj...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 'Standalone' apps don't have to go away. OHA should commit to openness > to make sure we don't have to fragment our apps. For example, using a > front facing camera shouldn't require separate apks (even Qik had to > do this). > What does "OHA should commit to openness to make sure we don't have to fragment our apps" mean? I thought all this openness was the cause of all these fragmentation problems. :) Anyway. I can't count the times I have pointed out and cajoled and generally tried to promote to developers to not maintain separate .apks. 50% of the time developers seem to *want* that. I don't know why. (Actually, there are some reasons, but having little to do with "Android OMG FRAGMENTATION," and they are few.) There are very few things forcing people to use separate .apks. Yes, prior to 2.0, if an API was being made available as a shared library, you couldn't use android:required="false" to allow your app to still be installed even if it doesn't exist. That was fixed last year, however, and the devices running pre-2.0 versions of the platform are fairly rapidly going down. So. Well, problem being solved. Re: Going back to the start of this thread, I tested the following: > <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.touchscreen" > required="false" /> > The syntax is android:required="false". -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer hack...@android.com Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
