Hi Al, if you are building your own firmware, you don't need to modify the platform itself -- you can have a separate .apk that is signed with the platform certificate, so can get the install package permission. Then it can install whatever it wants without the user being involved.
On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 11:32 PM, Al Sutton <a...@funkyandroid.com> wrote: > > This is one of those questions that may or may not be best asked in - > platform so if there's a better place to ask please let me know. > > I was asked a question by an OEM that had me scratching my head. What > they want to do is have a single firmware image and on the initial > boot silently install a set of applications depending on an external > factor (say, for example, the hardware detected in the device). > > So my question is this; Is there a way to do this at the current time > (e.g. copy of the apks to a specific place for rescanning), or will > doing this require some OS modification? > > Al. > > > > -- 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. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ unsubscribe: android-porting+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
