Anonymous Guy wrote: > I'm going to guess this: > > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/thread/27f46bcbbaa51163# > > still hasn't been addressed since almost a year ago. I just went > through the API and found nothing to intercept incoming and outgoing > email messages. Please, correct me if I'm wrong.
You are correct. "Intercepting incoming and outgoing email messages" across the board is considered "malware" on most platforms, so I for one am grateful for this. Email clients are welcome to implement a plug-in or add-on architecture to allow third-party extensions. Such extensions would not have a blanket ability to "intercepting incoming and outgoing email messages" for the OS, but particular to that client. This is the approach taken by Microsoft Outlook (leastways, the last time I did Outlook add-ons), Mozilla Thunderbird (https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Extensions/Thunderbird/HowTos), etc. If you feel such a plug-in architecture is important, I would start with third-party mail clients (e.g., K9) and work with them to implement it and come up with a de facto standard. This will help anyone who uses those apps or buys a device with those apps pre-loaded. After demonstrating the value in real life, you may find it easier to work with the core Android team to implement the same architecture for the native email application, and the Gmail team may at some point elect to follow it as well. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android App Developer Books: http://commonsware.com/books -- 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
