I think if a small company is willing to put out such a widget they should also be willing to keep up with API updates, or pull the widget. Personally, having solved the problem, I will use this for a while and if it proves reliable I will strongly consider pushing it out as a freebie. After all, if I find it useful then I will want to use and maintain it until such time as it is superseded by a built-in widget.
As for crap market ratings, my experience as a user is that even good products get crap ratings when the user doesn't understand them properly. If the widget is unable to function as designed, it needs to inform the user of this fact. If the user understands why the widget won't work, then they are less likely to take their frustration out on the supplier of said widget. Personally I think Google had it right with the distribution model for the Nexus One; I've just picked up a Galaxy Tab (which supports AP on Vodofone UK) and the stock applications have been replaced or 'enhanced' for no obvious reason, which I think is some of the reason behind bad reviews from (eg) Gizmodo. If Google didn't have to kowtow to the networks then AP functionality probably wouldn't have been marked as hidden in the first place. On Nov 11, 8:01 pm, Pent <[email protected]> wrote: > > Any solo developer or tiny firm playing games like this is simply > > begging for crap Market ratings, and too many users posting too many > > crap Market ratings spells trouble for Android in the long term. > > Meanwhile, back in RL, my experience is that I get 1-stars for *not* > adding > such functions when there are competing apps available that have done > it. > > If the developers of Android don't want people using particular > functions > in a stock ROM they need to put a permission on them. If it's just > 'hidden' > the profit motive means someone will use it and everyone else > has to follow. > > Pent -- 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
