Why isn't it documented clearly somewhere? Because Google still believes in that strange myth they got caught up in while designing their entire development philosophy for Android (and what else?): throw up early-alpha code and let the community document it for Google in blogs and mailing lists and even (gasp!) Google groups.
Of course, that IS a myth. The community still does not document it for Google. This is not just because the community balks at doing Google's homework for them, it is because the community itself does not get its hands on such information in a reliable and timely manner. Too much of what gets written in blogs about open source software is just rumor with a sprinkling of half-understood facts. Nor does it help that by the time some generous blogger writes up a really good series of tutorials on, say, for example, Looper/Handler, Google announces a new API with much fanfare, describing it as if writing code using Looper and/or Handler directly is now out of date. Whether not it is really out of date, it is frustrating, dampening the enthusiasm of such bloggers for continuing to do Google's homework for them. On Jan 17, 10:29 am, TreKing <treking...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 12:18 PM, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com>wrote: > > > Oh and I believe on Market that if you put up a new version of your app > > with a higher minSdkVersion, the most recent older version will still be > > visible to older devices. That is, the .apks you upload are never deleted; > > a new version just supersedes an older one for the devices it is compatible > > with. > > Holy crap - why is awesome information like this not clearly documented > somewhere!? (Or is it ...?) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago > transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- 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
