Wonder why they chose to disable this feature, only allowing internal apps to access it? It is a very useful ability.. to look at the color of the LED for specific types of notifications with no sound to bug you. Is this only disabled on the Nexus One? I've not yet tried on my Moto Droid.
On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 11:48 PM, code_android_festival_way < [email protected]> wrote: > Here we go: > > > http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=6018&q=nexus%20trackball&colspec=ID%20Type%20Status%20Owner%20Summary%20Stars > > On 12 Jan., 15:52, code_android_festival_way > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'd like to add that the hardware is capable of doing it. (like it was > > on the HTC Hero and all the other Sense devices) Why do they cut > > (disable) such features which are really useful? (Do we have bought an > > Apple phone?) Why do we need custom roms again to make this possible. > > This behaviour really sucks. > > > > On 12 Jan., 15:37, code_android_festival_way > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I know that. I just like to know why do they kill useful hardware > > > features and add senseless things like 3D wallpapers? > > > > > On 12 Jan., 15:14, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > code_android_festival_way wrote: > > > > > Why are they specified in the Android SDK > > > > > and even the Google supported phones drop that feature? > > > > > > From the SDK documentation: > > > > > > "The color of the led. The hardware will do its best approximation." > > > > > > Now, it would be nice if the docs were more forceful on this point, > but > > > > it has been discussed quite a few times on this list that this pretty > > > > much means you can't count on colors working on any given device. > > > > > > -- > > > > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)http://commonsware.com| > http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > > > > > Android Training in US: 22-26 February 2010:http://onlc.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >
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