kstamm wrote: > In academia we theorize all these wonderful new systems and then go > assume they will be implementable on real world hardware.
In undergrad, I was a physics major. I was definitely disappointed to discover that, in the real world, pool tables are not frictionless surfaces... ;-) > Do you think in any version of Android we will be able to reprogram > the part of the phone that displays the incoming call and generates > the ringtone? That depends on who you're expecting to write the code in the firmware that implements the hooks necessary for the SDK. If you are expecting the current core Android team to do it, it's possible they will, but, so far, their prioritization process is predictably proprietary. If you are expecting that somebody in the community will do it, the odds are somewhat better -- you "merely" need a community member with the requisite skills, the itch to scratch, and the willingness to overcome the impediments to firmware-level Android development (e.g., no hardware to test on). The third possibility is that you arrange to have it written: write it yourself, recruit a fellow student to write it, fund-raise to hire somebody to write it, etc. > I mistakenly assumed that it would be a simple task. This is one of those places where the Android security model, and its implementation, put up just enough barriers to make seemingly simple tasks complicated. > You think I should be looking into the firmware > code at source.android.com? I don't see how you'll progress on this topic without it. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com Android Training on the Ranch! -- Mar 16-20, 2009 http://www.bignerdranch.com/schedule.shtml --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
