No, Rings Extended is not obsolete (though the music picker activity it had is now part of the platform), and it doesn't so anything different than the built-in ringtone picker -- it just returns the URI to the caller.
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 8:40 AM, Rob Franz <rob.fr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all (hoping Ms Hackborn might see this post as well) > > I know this might seem off-topic but it does have to do with > development of an application. There is a lot of info here so I > apologize for the long-winded post... here goes. > > My application utilizes a ringtone picker and what I'm finding is that > in some cases *it seems like* the default ringtone that a user sets > for their phone is not *truly* the default ringtone systemwide. > > My application also does not set the ringtone for the phone - it > merely uses it in its own scope, that is, it does not affect any > systemwide settings. > > Now one of the users of this app has reported to me that he has Rings > Extended installed and that's how he sets his default ringtone for his > phone. What my app does is: > > 1. user uses default ringtone in ringtone picker in application scope > 2. user hits ok > 3. ringtone's actual URI is resolved from > content://settings/system/ringtone > and stored for later use > > What it seems like is happening is that the default ringtone URI is > still pointing to the original default ringtone - i.e. the one that is > the factory-defined default. So when they play the default ringtone > in my app, they get that factory-defined one... not the one they have > defined as the default ringtone. > > On the other hand, I don't have Rings Extended installed anymore > because it seems that the functionality that it achieved is now > performed by the build - I'm using RC33. My default ringtone is set > systemwide and the URI is content://settings/system/ringtone. To get > the system to see ringtones on my SD card, I simply mount it, copy the > ringtones to Ringtones, unmount, and then they show up in ringtone > pickers. > > I don't know what build this user is using at the moment. > > Sorry if this is a lot to digest but is Rings Extended obsolete now? > I don't want to tell users of my app to uninstall it if it's working > for them... that wouldn't seem nice. Perhaps T-Mobile has not pushed > out newer/newest builds to everyone? I'm confused - it's hard to tell > who has what, it seems. > > Thanks, > Rob > > > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer hack...@android.com 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 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
