Well, if I remember correctly, there was a post on the android developers blgo which mentioned that in future, there might be some devices which would not have touch screens. May be there are some phones already out there now. I guess, these are the low cost devices which are running android and don't have touch screen. In that case, it becomes important to filter out the apps based on this criterion. But, still, I think we need some kind of official announcement for this.
Kumar Bibek http://techdroid.kbeanie.com http://www.kbeanie.com On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Peter Webb <[email protected]> wrote: > Looking at the Developer's console, I note (correctly) that my > application needs permissions for touch-screen operation. > > I don't think it used to do that, but maybe I just didn't notice. > > Furthermore, touchscreen is a standard part of the google android > hardware specification, and it is hard to see how it could be a > security issue. > > Perhaps the market is being expanded to allow devices without > touchscreen (and hence not android hardware compatible) to > applications that they can run, in much the same manner as the market > will filter out apps that need high res if you are on a low res > phone ? > > Why else might they filter on touchscreen? > > -- > 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 -- 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
