On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 10:13 AM, DanH <[email protected]> wrote: > Of course, DatePicker already contains a symbol picker, for the > month. Having implemented a "picker" widget from scratch on another > platform I can tell you that once you've got the basic picker > mechanism done adding symbols is easy. And an alphabet picker is even > simpler than a symbol picker, it's just that an alphabet picker isn't > really practical -- once you get over about 15 choices the interface > becomes tedious. (In fact, DatePicker schemes that only implement one > "wheel" for day of month are pretty tedious.) >
The widgets aren't public because we aren't happy with them, and don't want to commit to them in their current form and be stuck with that in the platform forever more. > IMO, not having a decent numeric picker scheme is a serious flaw and > symbolic of the apparent arrogance of the Android developers. > Oh and I guess also because we hate you and delight in the pain we cause by denying you these things. Yes there is that. Good lord. -- 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
