Nothing has been announced yet. On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 1:37 PM, tiwana <[email protected]> wrote:
> > So when will be the cupcake available? > > On Apr 9, 7:06 pm, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > > That's why apps can't install other apps without the user being involved. > I > > was addressing the first part of the original poster's request, being > able > > to download and run Dalvik code in your own process. In that case the > new > > API will let you do this, though of course you are running the other code > as > > -yourself- so taking responsibility for anything it does. > > > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 3:35 PM, BIRJODH <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Would not it be somewhat dangerous to allow apps is /data/app folder > > > to install other applications?? An app can just create an infinite > > > loop in which downloads applications which do not require any > > > permission and keep on installing them and fill out the memory space? > > > > > Birjodh > > > > > On Apr 9, 1:56 pm, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > There is an API in cupcake to allow you to perform the dexopt into > your > > > own > > > > directory. That will be available when cupcake is available. > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 2:05 AM, Eborix13 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > We are a team of Android developers and we are facing a serious > > > > > problem for quite some time. Our app (a game client) is designed in > > > > > such a way, that once it's installed it can be used to download > games > > > > > from a game server. In order for the downloaded games to work, they > > > > > have to be installed and launched by the client. > > > > > > > The problem is that the client has no write/update rights for the / > > > > > data/dalvik-cache directory, unless we specifically execute the > chmod > > > > > 777 command for that directory. Setting the > > > > > android.permission.INSTALL_PACKAGES permission in the client's > > > > > manifest file also doesn't work. After reading countless forums > where > > > > > other people have complained about the same problem, we would like > to > > > > > know when this issue is going to be resolved. Apparently the code > for > > > > > this feature already exists (the DexFile class of the so called > > > > > "cupcake" release) but it hasn't been released yet. > > > > > > > What's more frustrating is that the Android team points out that > all > > > > > Android apps are equal, that system apps are equal in rights to > custom > > > > > apps. Obviously this is not the case. If the client game app is > > > > > installed in the /system/app the problem described above is solved. > > > > > System apps have the right to dynamically install other apps. > Regular > > > > > apps (installed in the /data/data folder) do not. > > > > > > > Is this issue going to be resolved anytime soon? Will the "cupcake" > > > > > DexFile class going to be present in the next release? This is a > > > > > rather urgent problem since we are waiting for this new > functionality > > > > > in order to continue development. > > > > > > > Thank you... > > > > > > -- > > > > 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, and so won't reply to such e-mails. 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, and so won't reply to such e-mails. 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, and so won't reply to such e-mails. 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
