On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 8:22 PM, Disconnect <[email protected]> wrote:
> ...so, um.. "Any app on the mobile device can be replaced or extended -- > even core components such as the dialer or home." > It does say 'on the mobile device', even. > (from http://code.google.com/android/) Well this is the way it is. As I said, settings at this point is much more a part of the system code than a separate component. (I think it might even be running as the system uid.) At least for now, there are just lots of things the settings app needs to do that there was no way to put together in a public API that could be maintained across releases. On top of that, there are lots of things the settings app does that I think would be better off to not make available to applications in general. And I expect that going forward the exact contents of the settings app is going to vary more and more across devices to match an increasing variation in features/capabilities, so there wouldn't really any way for a third party app to correctly replace it. -- 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. 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
