Hi, > It is a little premature to start freaking out about Google TV and making up > stories (OMG we'll need to maintain multiple .apks!) about how horrible > things are.
Apologies, just getting ahead of ourselves in anticipation of being able to create app's than span and work together across the small (medium) and big screens :-) Regards On Dec 2, 2:06 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > I am sorry it is undocumented. But it is there, and you can use it starting > with 2.0 and later. > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 4:51 PM, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 7:40 PM, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> > > wrote: > > > There are very few things forcing people to use separate .apks. Yes, > > prior > > > to 2.0, if an API was being made available as a shared library, you > > couldn't > > > use android:required="false" to allow your app to still be installed even > > if > > > it doesn't exist. That was fixed last year, however, and the devices > > > running pre-2.0 versions of the platform are fairly rapidly going down. > > So. > > > Well, problem being solved. > > > Except that what you describe is undocumented: > > >http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-library-eleme... > > > and, apparently, has been undocumented for over a year. While I have > > been quietly pointing this undocumented feature out, based on your > > assertions that we should be using it, please do not expect the bulk > > of Android developers to be using features they are unaware of, > > outside of the occasional [android-developers] post. > > > FWIW, this is reported as: > > >http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=10354 > > > -- > > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > >http://commonsware.com|http://github.com/commonsguy > >http://commonsware.com/blog|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > > _Android Programming Tutorials_ Version 3.0.1 Available! > > > -- > > 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 > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%2Bunsubs > > cr...@googlegroups.com> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > hack...@android.com > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > answer them. -- 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 android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
