Dianne Thank you for your time in clearing up this matter. I now have clear understanding. Again thank you.
On Jan 11, 1:11 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > Your phrasing is confusing. > > The CDD *requires* that for a device to ship with Market it *must* have full > ADB support. This is what you use to develop applications on a device: > install them, debug them, and everything else involved with development. > > Being able to install non-Market apps as a *user* (not a *developer*) > through the UI is a completely different issue, not covered by the CDD, and > not impacting a developer who is developing apps on their device. You as a > developer are perfectly capable of installing your own apps on any device > that has Market. You will not be able to put those apps up on a web site > for users to download outside of Market. > > Also "developer phone" != "out of contract". In fact, "developer phone" is > a bad term to use. Every Android phone with Market is a third party > developer phone. There are a few phones that allow reflashing of their > system images, which is intended for developers of the platform itself to be > able to replace the entire firmware with their own build. Also these phones > aren't only available out of contract; it is a decision that the > manufacturer makes that is independent of how they sell it. (Google being > the only one I believe doing this with the Nexus phones, and both models so > far have been available with or without contract, because they are intended > to be great for end users as much as being a tool for platform developers.) > > On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 6:39 AM, Leon Moreyn-Android Development < > > > > > > lmor...@earthcam.com> wrote: > > So clarify this once and for all. Unless I buy the phone as a > > developer phone, ie out of contract, the provider doesnt not have to > > give me access to be able to install out of market apps, ie my own > > developed apps unless they are on the market? > > > On Jan 10, 10:05 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > > > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com > > >wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Leon Moreyn-Android Development > > > > <lmor...@earthcam.com> wrote: > > > > > Ok. So here is what I am trying to understand. I have an X10A from > > > > > AT&T. I can not develop on the phone because it doesn't allow me to > > > > > install third party none market applications. > > > > You can still use adb to push app to the device, AFAIK. > > > > Yes. Full adb support most be there for it to be compatible. This > > allows > > > all of the development tools to work. > > > > Being able to install non-Market apps through the UI is a completely > > > different issue, and not covered by the CDD because it is not needed for > > > development. > > > > -- > > > Dianne Hackborn > > > Android framework engineer > > > hack...@android.com > > > > 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 android-developers@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > hack...@android.com > > 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 android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
