Hi Mark, Yes, I understand that this is the position I am in, and I have to adapt to that.
My point was more that although there is no explicit law requiring home screens to support animations, from my reading of the CTD there is also no explicit law requiring views in normal Activities to support animations, but I think there would be a lot of complaints from developers if those kind of animations suddenly stopped working in the latest handsets. But having said that I realise I am on shaky ground here... as we are talking about homescreen apps which are not part of the framework per se. However, from the user's point of view (who I would guess in 99% of cases use the Home screen which came with their phone), it is part of the framework, they would naturally think it is due to that phones implementation of Android, rather than understanding it is the Home screen app itself. Anyway, it is what it is, so back to work... Regards James On Jan 14, 7:51 pm, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 5:21 AM, Dusk Jockeys Android Apps > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > from my point of view the animation is part > > of the functionality, as it is the raison d'etre of the app... > > As Ms. Hackborn pointed out, there is no law requiring home screens to > support animations. *Any* home screen, whether written by a device > manufacturer or an independent developer, might elect to suppress your > animations (e.g., a PowerSaver brand home screen that specifically > disables certain things, like app widget animations, to save battery > life). > > Hence, from your USP standpoint, you need to de-emphasize animations, > or point out that they work only with compliant home screens. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://github.com/commonsguyhttp://commonsware.com/blog|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > Android Training in NYC:http://marakana.com/training/android/ -- 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
