It is not "being uber-pedantic". And your example of guns killing bunnies is irrelevant. It would have been relevant if you had followed the wording of the citation a little more closely, and said, "this gun lets me specify whether the bunny will live or die". But of course, you did not say that, since that does not support your position.
The truth is that as happens all too often, the online documentation says one thing in one place, and contradicts that one thing in another place. On Sep 4, 12:36 am, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > Also on that page: > > Default values for attributes > > The default values for the <supports-screens> attributes differs, depending > on the value of > theandroid:minSdkVersion<http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html> > attribute > in the application's manifest, as well as on the value of > android:targetSdkVersion, if declared: > > - If android:minSdkVersion or android:targetSdkVersion is "3" (Android > 1.5) or lower, the default value for everything except > android:normalScreens > is false. If you are primarily targeting pre-Android 1.6 platforms but > also want to support other densities/screen sizes, you need to set the > appropriate attributes to true. > - If android:minSdkVersion or android:targetSdkVersion is "4" (Android > 1.6) or higher, the default value for everything is true. If your > application requires Android 1.6 features, but does not support these > densities and/or screen sizes, you need to set the appropriate attributes > to false. > - Note that android:normalScreens always defaults to true. > > But um yeah if you want to be uber-pedantic... wait, no, not even in that > case. "This gun lets me kill the bunny." That doesn't imply to me that the > gun is the only way I have to kill the bunny. :) > > On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 11:57 PM, Indicator Veritatis <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > I take your word for this, that it really is true. But I must point > > out: strictly speaking that contradicts > >http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html > > which reads in part: > > > "The platform also provides a <supports-screens> manifest element, > > whose attributes android:largeScreens, android:normalScreens, and > > android:smallScreens let you specify what generalized screen sizes > > your application supports. " > > > By the rules of English grammar, this means that this manifest element > > ALONE lets you specify it, minSdkVersion has NO part in it. > > > On Sep 3, 5:14 pm, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Gustavo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > <supports-screens android:largeScreens="true" > > > > android:normalScreens="true" android:smallScreens="true" > > > > android:anyDensity="true" /> > > > > > <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="4" /> > > > > Note that these two lines are redundant. Making the minSdkVersion 4 > > implies > > > you support different screens. > > > > -- > > > Dianne Hackborn > > > Android framework engineer > > > [email protected] > > > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > > > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > > > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see > > and > > > answer them. > > > -- > > 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 > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > [email protected] > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > answer them. -- 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
