Wouldn't an update written using the 1.6 SDK still be available to users on 1.5 as long as you set the android:minSdkVersion attribute on the uses-sdk element in the manifest to 3?
I know this works fine on the emulator with a 1.5 image, at least, since that is one of the tests I ran after adding small screen layout directories to one of my apps. On Oct 19, 11:47 am, polyclefsoftware <[email protected]> wrote: > So I'm trying to make sure my apps are compatible with the 1.6 SDK > emulator skins WVGA800 and WVGA854. > > The Android Developers Blog post regarding this seems strange to me. > The post talks about upgrading your app using the 1.6 SDK, then says > this: > > "Note that not all devices will be upgraded to Android 1.6 at the same > time. There will be significant number of users still with Android 1.5 > devices. To use the same apk to target Android 1.5 devices and Android > 1.6 devices, build your apps using Android 1.5 SDK and test your apps > on both Android 1.5 and 1.6 system images to make sure they continue > to work well on both types of devices." > > Now resource directory qualifiers (e.g. "res/drawable-mdpi/" or "res/ > layout-large") don't work with the 1.5 SDK. So right now as a dev I > have the choice to either: > > 1) Update my apps with the 1.6 SDK so that they are compatible with > the various 1.6 emulator skins and the various hardware configurations > coming out. If I do this, the updates will not be available to those > users that still have 1.5, which is a "significant number of users." > > 2) Continue using the 1.5 SDK, without the available tools in 1.6, but > try to somehow get my app to render properly in the various 1.6 > emulator skins. > > Is this about right? Is anyone else dealing with this right now? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
