Hi

And when I use my phone touchscreen app to control my TV app hopefully
from a single integrated apk then what ?

Regards

On Nov 30, 7:20 pm, blindfold <seeingwithso...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, things are getting confusing if not messy. The Logitech TV Cam
> accessory for the Logitech Revue Google TV adds a camera to Google 
> TVhttp://www.logitech.com/en-us/smartTV/accessories/devices/tv-cambut
> it can reportedly not be used by Android apps: "The TV Cam cannot be
> accessed from other applications at this 
> time"http://forums.adobe.com/message/3256491#3256491
>
> Great, so there *is* a camera for this Android device (Google TV) but
> it cannot be used by regular Android apps. Now this probably means
> that Android camera apps will simply remain invisible on the Android
> Market for this Google TV, but for developers it is just as important
> to know if a device is compatible with their app or not - to be able
> to tell their customers. One should not have to scour web forums in
> the hope of getting an indication of that. In other words, should it
> not be *required* that Logitech clearly indicates on their website
> that Logitech TV Cam does not work with third-party (and Google's!)
> Android camera apps, and *only* works with their own proprietary video
> call app? I currently cannot find this on the Logitech TV Cam product
> pagehttp://www.logitech.com/en-us/smartTV/accessories/devices/tv-camand
> even if it is hidden somewhere in the small print that is hardly
> practical for developers who need to be able to quickly tell
> compatibility for a range of new devices to answer customer
> inquiries.
>
> Looks like there should be some additional requirements for
> manufacturers here in order to be allowed to use the Google TV brand,
> because "everybody" already knows that Google TV runs 
> Androidhttp://www.google.com/tv/developers.htmland if there is a camera
> accessory "everybody" would assume that Android camera apps would run
> fine and not be in for an unpleasant surprise or a heap of
> uncertainty.
>
> Thanks!
>
> On Nov 30, 8:20 am, Spiral123 <cumis...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > GoogleTV.  My Logitech Revue has no touch screen - assuming the market
> > gets expanded to this device (yes please!) then I won't want to see
> > any apps where I need to touch the screen.

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