Good point!
- Juan T. On Oct 7, 9:05 am, "Marcio Maia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > i think we all agree on the importance of device-to-device (D2D) > communication capabilities. The API would be crippled if it does not > give support for this kind of interaction model. On the other hand, it > opens opportunities for all developers to build standardized D2D > communication abstractions to allow infrastructureless Android-based > applications. > > If the Android API would have all capabilities a developer would want, > what's the need for it to be open? Just let Google think of all our > problems. I understand that what we developers would want is to think > only on application-specific issues, and let communication- security- > performance-, ... related decisions on the API to decide. > > > > On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 9:25 AM, Mark Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > jtaylor wrote: > >> I think the loss of XMPP-like capability is pretty big. > > > Two points: > > > 1. There is nothing preventing you from building an XMPP-based app. Just > > because the Android SDK doesn't include an XMPP API should not be a > > blocking point, any more than Android not including an email API would > > preclude creating an email client, or Android not including a Twitter > > API would preclude creating a Twitter client. > > > 2. XMPP is server-based; the OP wanted device-to-device communications > > without a server, if I understood correctly. > > > -- > > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > >http://commonsware.com > > _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 1.3 Published! > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Marcio Espíndola Freire Maia > Msc. Student > Group of Computer Networks, Software Engineering and Systems > Federal University of Ceará, Brazil --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
