Hi Dan, that doesn't answer my question.
I know that there is no prohibition on using undocumented apis and I
also know undocumented apis can be removed from future SDK builds.
Possible removal of the api in future builds won't impact me. As
mentioned above, I'm only concerned about M5-rc14 and this build does
support GmmGeocoder though it is undocumented.
However, GmmGeocoder uses google.com/glm/mmap server functionality and
I don't know whether it is safe to count on the server functionality
continuing to work over the next one month.
Dan U mentioned that he expects the server functionality to continue
working ....and that is what I also think.
However, it is possible that Google could turn off the server
functionality or deny requests from Android simulators. If the server
functionality doesn't work, GmmGeocoder will stop working in M5-rc14.
So it will be nice to get official confirmation on whether the
google.com/glm/mmap server functionality (as required by GmmGeocoder)
will continue to work.
Thanks Ram
On Apr 7, 6:45 pm, "Dan Morrill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dan is quite correct. We will not be requiring source code to be submitted
> and we won't be monitoring what the applications are doing, so we won't know
> if you are using internal or undocumented APIs. There are no prohibitions
> in the rules against this.
> However, Dan is also correct in that you should be very cautious using
> undocumented APIs, since they are likely to change or even be removed in
> future builds of the SDK.
>
> - Dan
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 2:35 AM, Dan U. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I think they are going to say it's not supported, but that doesn't
> > necessarily mean it won't work. I think the glm server is probably
> > used for more than just Android, so I wouldn't expect it to go away,
> > but I could be wrong.
>
> > On Apr 7, 1:08 am, Ram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Hi, my app will need geocoding functionality and ....so I looked at
> > > geocoding support in Android today.
>
> > > I was able to get the mock GeoCoder functionality working. However,
> > > the default geodb data is very limited.
> > > I'm not sure if it is a good idea for me to require judges to adb-push
> > > a new geodb file with additional data.
>
> > > I was also able to get the undocumented GmmGeocoder working (I
> > > discovered this class from old posts on the android-dev group).
>
> > > Since judges will use M5-rc14 to test apps written with M5-
> > > rc14 ..........and since the GmmGeocoder is supported in M5-rc14, I'm
> > > assuming that it is OK for challenge-submissions to use the
> > > GmmGeocoder class.
> > > However, I'm not sure whether google.com/glm/mmap server
> > > functionality (which GmmGeocoder relies on) will continue to work for
> > > the next one month
>
> > > Can Dan (so someone else from google) please confirm that it is OK
> > > for challenge entries to use the GmmGeocoder class. (comments from non-
> > > google devs also welcome)
>
> > > Thanks Ram- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
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