Thanks to all. I also have generally been sticking with the pattern that's described here. I guess that will be mostly safe, taking Bob Kerns' exception into account.
And thanks to Bob Kerns for submitting that issue. I hadn't realized that there was no known contract for this. I hadn't found such a contract documented anywhere, myself, but I thought that I just didn't know where to look. -- 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 To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.

