On the next page - "Application Life Cycle" there's this sentence.
"A process's priority may also be increased based on other dependencies a process has to it." http://code.google.com/android/intro/lifecycle.html I think it should say "dependencies the process has" or at least "dependencies a process has". I know this is incorrect because I understand what it's trying to say. The problem for me in going through many other sentences, is that I don't know what they're trying to say. So I'm definitely being confused because chances are there are mistakes (grammatical and semantic) there as well. I think this is a serious issue because if I don't understand it, at least many others don't as well, and the biggest obstacle to great apps is the complexity of the platform. And the only real solid gateway to understanding what's encapsulated in these pages, is what's written in the page themselves, how it's expressed, etc. - Juan T. On Aug 21, 9:53 pm, jtaylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I request that this whole page be > rewritten.http://code.google.com/android/intro/appmodel.html > > This is really important and complex things on tasks and such as it is > now, the complexity of it is made more complex by grammatical and > semantic errors. I've only gotten halfway through and here's what I > call a semantic error. > > "However, if the NEW_TASK flag is being used, then the affinity will > be used to determine if a task already exists with the same affinity." > I think this should be "determine if THE task already exists". In the > previous sentence that conceptually compares itself, THE and not A is > mentioned. > > This page is probably very important compared to the rest of the docs > given the complex nature of tasks and stacks. Maybe it needs visual > diagrams. But I think it needs to be rewritten with more weight on > making the complexity more easy to understand. > > - Juan T. > > On Aug 21, 9:23 pm, jtaylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > "In addition, you should only use the new task flag if it is possible > > for the user to navigate from home back to where they are and launch > > the same Intent as a new task. Otherwise, if the user presses HOME > > instead of BACK from the task you have launched, your task and its > > activities will be ordered behind the home screen without a way to > > return to them."http://code.google.com/android/intro/appmodel.html, Tasks > > > Maybe I need a Ph.D to understand it. :) Or maybe there's a word off > > here somewhere. How can one navigate from home back to where one is at > > the moment? Why wouldn't I be able to return to the task/activities if > > the home screen is in the way? But really since I don't understand the > > first part, the second is not going to get me anywhere anyway. :) > > There must be some grammatical error here. > > > Here's a grammatical error in the paragraph before which makes the > > whole meaning of things unclear as well. And maybe we need > > visualization in these things. > > > "A task, then, from the user's perspective your application;" > > > - Juan T. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Announcing the new M5 SDK! http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/02/android-sdk-m5-rc14-now-available.html For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
