The goal of my new web browser is to render web pages in different fonts that have more unicode implementations than the ones that are already supplied with the firmware/OS (For example languages like Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, etc etc implimentations doesn't come standard with android OS fonts) this makes it impossible for users to view websites in those languages.
Yes this could be a contribution to the standard OS, but it is hard to convince anybody that ALL the people who use Android OS should have ALL the unicode implementations of EVERY language in the world. Therefore I believe this app should be standalone so that those who needs it can download it separate. Yes I already have an app in the android market (named "Tamil Browser") that was built around the webView. But the features of this browser is limited. But the biggest problem with this app is I cannot make my trick work for websites that use iFrames. I don't want re-invent the wheel and write the whole browser app from scratch either. So I still believe copying the standard browser app and make a new standalone browser is my best bet. Does anybody have a better idea how I can do this? On Dec 28 2010, 11:28 pm, Bob Kerns <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
