Or, depending on what new features you want, perhaps you can build your new browser around WebView.
On Dec 28, 6:17 pm, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 11:18 PM, Pathman <[email protected]> wrote: > > I want to create an android application that is a customized version > > of the standard "browser" app (My new browser will have some cool new > > features than the standard one). So basically I just want to copy the > > standard android source from the <android root>/packages/apps/browser > > folder, rename it and create my Eclipse Project for the new app, > > before I start modifying it. > > You forgot about all the other work. > > > But it doesn't look like I am in the right track because Eclipse > > complains of tons of errors right after I have "Created the project > > from source" > > That would be all the other work. That application is not an SDK > application, but is part of the firmware. > > > Questions are: > > 1. Am I on the right track or is there something else I am missing? (I > > know how to do a basic android app and I have some of my apps in the > > android market) > > I would consider it to be the wrong track. > > > 2. If I am on the right track, what I am supposed to do to resolve the > > errors (mainly missing resources, classes etc). If I am not on the > > right track what are the other options I have. > > Write a browser app from scratch. Or, contribute your changes as > patches to an open source browser app. Or, contribute your changes as > firmware modifications to the regular browser app. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://github.com/commonsguyhttp://commonsware.com/blog|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > Android 2.2 Programming Books:http://commonsware.com/books -- 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
