On 11 Jan., 23:25, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
But Date- and TimePicker are public and using the NumberPicker as well. And you should be aware that everything that already exists in the core system will be seen as "standard template", and so there are already several apps which copied the NumberPicker or wrote own, similar looking ones. Isn't the big advantage of Widgets that you can completely replace code and appearance as long as you keep the interface compatible? I'm afraid you'll now see the "bad old" NumberPicker way longer in apps which copied it than it would've been the case if you offered a public interface and one day replaced it with another implementation - just like it might happen with the date and time pickers. > 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. Admit it - you just wanted to lead developers to the wonderful world of the Android source code and git by forcing them to get the NumberPicker from there. ;) No, seriously. I appeciate your work. I might think different in some topics, but you did a wonderful job with Android. @Kumar Bibek: Maybe a generic picker would've been nice as well, true. But for on/off values, there's the checkbox. @Pent: Thanks for the hint. Will have to check whether that helps for Date- and TimePicker as well. -- 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
