Hi, 'What' I mean is, *assuming* I can pack my integrated phone and tv app into a single apk, which needs touchscreen for the phone, would the app be excluded by the market for tv devices because they don't have touchscreens ?
Yes until the tv sdk is released I won't know. I am hoping to avoid the potential user confusion situation for an integrated (tv and phone) app of having to release two separate versions requiring two separate downloads/installs - one for the phone the other for the tv. I am hoping the user can download the same apk to either or both the tv and the phone and it will just work, eg standalone or integrated based on proximity of the phone to the tv. Realistically I can accept/expect that I will have to make two separate apks for an integrated app, one for the phone, the other for the tv. It will just be a user education issue. It is probably already obvious to many, but I think there is going to be huge opportunities for integrated phone & tv apps, eg controllers, syncing etc etc... Regards On Dec 1, 1:48 am, Spiral123 <[email protected]> wrote: > What do you mean what? > > Your phone touchscreen app will work fine with your touchscreen > phone. with luck your app should then be able to find your GoogleTV > device and get it to do stuff. > > How you talk to it and what stuff you can get it to do we will find > out when we finally get to see the SDK. As blindfold says earlier in > the thread, although it appears that manufacturers can turn off > hardware availability (e.g. TV Cam) that is going to be frustrating to > developers and end users alike. > > Another example that will potentially irritate me is that the Logitech > device has hardware IR and RF remote sensors built in but is currently > hardwired to only accept specific Logitech Harmony RF remotes. I > expect the SDK will include functionality to deal with remotes - but I > hope the agreement between Logitech and Google requires Logitech to > enable all the capabililites of the device. > > On Nov 30, 7:01 am, gjs <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > 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 <[email protected]> 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.htmlandifthere 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 <[email protected]> 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. -- 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
