Agreed. I guess, it's not one of their priorities. But at this point in time, I haven;t come across a situation where I didn't get help when I am stuck.
Documentation is important, sometimes. But personally speaking, instead of documentation, I rely more on samples and examples out here on the web. Kumar Bibek http://techdroid.kbeanie.com http://www.kbeanie.com On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 5:08 PM, Yahel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi guys, > > I'm facing a productivity problem with Android. Basically, I can do > whatever I want with the framework, I always find out a solution to > everything I need to do. > > My problem is, I never find a solution/explanation on the Android > developer web site. It just never happens. > > For example, I'm just trying to save a picture to the SD card. With a > single google search, I find some code/explanation about > "getExternalStorageDirectory ()" on say StackOverflow. Look at it, > understand it, implement it on my own to be sure I grok it. > > But then to be thorough, I make a second quick search and discover > MediaStore. Some people use it to store images. But no explanation at > all on what it is, what are the advantages, why I should use it. Does > it take care for me of the location/sd cars presence/sd card > mountability ? > > And of course, the Android documentation is just plain useless on the > subject. Just gives me the methods and properties with laconic > sentences that are usually unhelpfull if I don't already know what it > is the purpose of the object. > > So my question is : What am I missing ? How do you guys understand > what object to use and why when the documentation doesn't tell you ? > > Again, I always find someone smarter than me who understood/debugged/ > private investigated, so that I can always achieve what I meant to do, > but I've been developing for 20 years now and I find it tough to feel > so dumb. > > Yahel > > -- > 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
