On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Brill Pappin <[email protected]> wrote:
> Since Eclipse validates the XML, I've had a few problems adding elements > for for 2.2 in a 2.1 build. > You should be building against the latest platform version you plan to support. When it runs on a device with an older version, new, unrecognized tags are ignored. > I still want the 2.2 elements for those using it, but it needs to fail > gracefully so that users still on 2.1 just ignore the tags. > That's the way it works ... > At the moment, the XML schema's won't allow you to do that. If the new > manifest elements don't fall back (if the schema's are not updated to allow > the new elements) its going to make developing in anything but the most > recent SDK impossible. > Huh? > Unfortunately we can't assume that all users will (or are able) to update > to whatever is latest. > Of course not - with how fast Android gets updated and how slow (or reluctant) carriers are to updated, it seems there are always going to be a good number of people running "an older version". ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- 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
