Eric Crump wrote: > -Is it possible to push new applications to an Android over a socket > and install it?
Only if a user is at the phone at the time and can approve the installation. SDK applications cannot silently install other applications. The only way to have this happen without user intervention would require firmware changes. > -How feasible would it be to have my service route communications to > the appropriate application? That is, if the app is open, send it > data, otherwise store it, ignore it, launch it, etc. That depends a lot on the "suite of applications". If you wrote that suite, then it may not be that bad. If you are expecting to manage arbitrary applications that way, I suspect few will be designed with your architecture in mind. > -Can I build a service with a plugin architecture such that I can > deploy new modules to it on the fly. In general, yes. In a secure fashion, not easily. > Would it have to restart itself? Probably not. You would need to download JARs or scripts (e.g., JRuby, Beanshell) as your "plugins", and you can probably find ways to reload those on the fly (e.g., use your own classloader for the JARs). You can't have a plugin architecture based on APKs very easily -- see my response to your first question. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android Development Wiki: http://wiki.andmob.org
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