This is very disappointing ... There were hints that the new SDK will be published soon after announcing results of ADC Round-1. What happened?
> A source inside Google reiterates that these snapshots are not > being made public only because of the instability and bugs. Isn't m5 already full with instabilities and bugs?? People from Google on this very forum call it "pre-alpha". We are accustomed to such problems. But it's a big difference between working with a buggy SDK and not having one at all :-(( On May 20, 10:14 am, "Shane Isbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 3:51 PM, Josh Guilfoyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I think you missed a subtext in the referenced post. According to > > Zach's source, the public release will not be coming for "several > > months", effectively barring the ADC losers from even creating Android > > software that is on schedule to launch with a real handset! > > Yes, I caught that! Google has now has a select group of emerging software > vendors and the rest of us don't matter much. It's the early days of J2ME > and the Sprint Developer Program all over again. Nothings changed. Time to > start looking at LiMo and see if it has any teeth for open-source. > > Shane > > > > > On May 19, 3:16 pm, "Shane Isbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > "As a Round 2 participant, we'll be providing you with the most > > up-to-date > > > Android SDK so that you can take advantage of the latest tools & platform > > > capabilities that will be shipping in devices later this year." > > > > I privately addressed concerns to Dan M. that Google is raising the next > > > group of software vendors, rather than focusing on the general developer > > > community; and I have also posted this comment publicly, which sums up my > > > thoughts pretty well: > > > >http://androidguys.com/2008/05/14/speak-up-how-would-you-change-the-a... > > > > Shane > > > > On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 2:41 PM, Shane Isbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > I'm growing more skeptical about Android's openness with each passing > > day. > > > > Now the top 50 get advanced previews of the new SDK features. > > > > > Shane > > > > > On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 2:04 PM, Josh Guilfoyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > >> I just saw this: > > > > >>http://www.helloandroid.com/node/572 > > > > >> I will try to confirm this to be true when I'm at Google I/O next > > > >> week. If true, I will officially pause development of my Android > > > >> project. > > > > >> On May 19, 12:24 pm, Josh Guilfoyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> > I am also becoming anxious. I had hoped for a release shortly after > > > >> > the Apr 14th deadline, but now here we are well into the second > > round > > > >> > of the challenge and there is no update. Are we to assume that it > > > >> > won't come until after the challenge is entirely over? > > > > >> > For those that are counting, it has been more than 3 months since > > the > > > >> > last significant release, longer than the gap between M3 and M5. In > > > >> > fact, in the last 6 months, we have only seen 2 major releases. I > > am > > > >> > not filled with confidence by this unpredictable behaviour and > > > >> > complete lack of official statement on schedule or road plan. > > > > >> > Let's not forget that the target for the official launch of the > > > >> > platform is no more than 7 months away and we have seen precious few > > > >> > details about the long term strategy for the SDK, platform in > > general, > > > >> > or the launch of handsets. > > > > >> > On Apr 28, 1:25 pm, Adriano Crestani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >> > wrote: > > > > >> > > Soon? 1 week? 1 month? 6 months? > > > > >> > > On Apr 23, 12:13 am, Kosmaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >> > > > No idea but I hope very soon. > > > > >> > > > IMO, it's not worth wasting any more time with this version. > > > > >> > > > On Apr 23, 4:05 am, Jim T <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >> > > > > I assume that Google has been holding this release in the > > pipeline > > > >> to > > > >> > > > > provide a non-moving target in the weeks leading up to the > > > >> challenge. > > > > >> > > > > However, there are a number of bugs in the platform (Location > > > >> Manager, > > > >> > > > > XML Processing, Notification Manager, etc.). I would like to > > > >> respin > > > >> > > > > my application with thenextversion of the platform. > > > > >> > > > > Any idea as to when we might see a version newer that M5-RC15? > > > > >> > > > > - Jim --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] 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-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
