ture but no On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 8:28 PM, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]>wrote:
> You should do this based on API level. If an API is not documented as > available prior to a particular version, there are no guarantees what any > existing method would do in the earlier versions. For example, not > infrequently a new API is being developed but hidden from a particular > release because it is not ready yet due to being buggy or other reasons that > could cause you trouble. (I have no idea if that is the case here, but best > to be safe.) > > On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 7:59 PM, Zsolt Vasvari <[email protected]> wrote: > >> As per the StrictMode article ( >> >> http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/12/new-gingerbread-api-strictmode.html >> ), I devided to switch over using apply() instead of commit() for my >> SharedPreferences. >> >> So I wrote my nice conditional logic based on the API level and to >> test to see what happens, I ran it on my 2.2 Nexus One, fully >> expecting a VerifyError because of the missing API. To my surprise, I >> didn't get that error. So I fired up the emulator and confirmed that >> all the day down to Level 7, the supposedly new API does not trigger a >> VerifyError. It does level 4 or below as expected. >> >> What's going on here? Has the apply() method really been there since >> Level 7 undocumented? If so, is it safe for me to check if the >> current API level >= 7 and use apply()? >> >> -- >> 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 >> > > > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > [email protected] > > 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 [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
