[android-developers] Re: Dolby Audio API

2014-05-21 Thread Eric Ang
We definitely could and that is a discussion we are having for sure! Technically we can, but from a business standpoint the OEM actually licenses the solution. The API itself gives Android Developers access to that licensed solution. I am trying to come up with an offering that we can

[android-developers] Re: Dolby Audio API

2014-02-22 Thread Ubuntu guy
Thanks Eric. However, i still don't get as to why the service can't be distributed through the play store. Even if its installed in unsupported devices, the APIs like getDolbyAudioProcessing(...,...) could just return null and applications would anyways be handling such cases, isn't it? The

[android-developers] Re: Dolby Audio API

2014-02-20 Thread Eric Ang
Hey Ubuntu, the reason the API isn't bundled is because the API makes callbacks to the underlying Dolby Tech built into supported Devices. The Dolby Service is definitely in Amazon Devices, but also many other OEMS. We're working to get ALL OEM partners to adopt the Dolby Solution (including

[android-developers] Re: Dolby Audio API

2014-01-05 Thread Ubuntu guy
These new APIs seem to be fun to try but is there any reason as to why the plug-in service is not distributed through play store just like google play services? Based on what i read, any updates, bug fixes in the plug-in service would be restricted by the OEM like amazon in this case, isn't