I am sorry it is undocumented. But it is there, and you can use it starting with 2.0 and later.
On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 4:51 PM, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 7:40 PM, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> > wrote: > > 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. > > Except that what you describe is undocumented: > > > http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-library-element.html > > and, apparently, has been undocumented for over a year. While I have > been quietly pointing this undocumented feature out, based on your > assertions that we should be using it, please do not expect the bulk > of Android developers to be using features they are unaware of, > outside of the occasional [android-developers] post. > > FWIW, this is reported as: > > http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=10354 > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy > http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > _Android Programming Tutorials_ Version 3.0.1 Available! > > -- > 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<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- 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
