Also com.google.android.maps is an optional API provided by Google that is not part of Android, so there will be phones that don't have it. This is why you need to declare its use in the manifest, so that Market and the system can know your app won't work.
On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Romain Guy <[email protected]> wrote: > > Your app is likely to break. > > More precisely, it depends on the package. For instance, the > com.google.android.maps package is a public API and won't change. > However, packages like com.android.internal or even com.android.* > contain private APIs and are subject to changes at anytime. > > On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 4:28 AM, jason.delport <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Hi Android Developers, > > > > What are the implications for future Android device releases if we are > > using non-standard packages such as "com.google.android.maps"? > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Regards, > > > > Jason Delport > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Romain Guy > 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 > > > > -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
