Hi Brian, I'm glad to hear that there will be an alternative installation route on T-Mobile G1, not locked to Android Market! I should stress that I have nothing against Android Market as such. On the contrary, I believe it can prove a great enabler. I am just deeply concerned about the threat that any single party would hold total control to block installation of third-party applications at the mere flip of a switch (at their own discretion or when forced to through court order or whatever indirect cause). My worries grew when not only there was no alternative installation route listed in the online T-Mobile G1 manual - which may merely serve to promote their recommended installation route through Android Market - but especially when I could not find in SDK 1.0 r1 the Settings panel that you now mentioned. It is good to know that this was only an oversight that will be fixed (soon, I hope). Your clarification was much appreciated. With Shane, I hope that the required Settings panel functionality will not separately get blocked by the network operators.
Thanks and best regards, Peter On Sep 26, 11:52 am, Brian Swetland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The 1.0r1 SDK unfortunately lacks the Settings panel, which is where > you enable "Unknown Sources" (Settings / Applications / Unknown > Sources) which allows applications to be installed from the web (click > on an .apk link). The user is still prompted by the device before the > application is installed and presented the usual "these are the > permissions this application wants" confirmation. > > Also, for developers, the Settings / Applications / Development / USB > Debugging option may be used to enable adb debugging via USB. This > allows for installation of applications via the adb commandline tool > (adb install myapp.apk) as well as the usual application debug cycle > using the eclipse plugin or DDMS. > > To summarize: > - The T-Mobile G1 device can install apps from the web or via USB with > the appropriate settings enabled > - The 1.0r1 SDK lacks the ability to install apps from the web due to > an oversight that will be corrected in a later version > > Brian --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to android-discuss@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
