"Be careful" means to test and run the app on the oldest version of the platform you support to make sure it works.
Just doing automated tests to make sure you are not calling any older APIs is not a guarantee you will work. In addition, it is typical for an application to take advantage of Java class loading to be able to use newer APIs if they are available (see for example my blog post on the new service APIs), and I don't see any way an automated tool could accurately determine whether that code is safe on an older platform. You just need to make sure you test your app in the key environments it will run. On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 11:05 AM, mike <[email protected]> wrote: > On 04/01/2010 10:53 AM, ~ TreKing wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Achanta <[email protected]<mailto: >> [email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Still looking for someone to confirm it that it does not cause >> any problems. >> >> >> Um ... didn't Michael just do that? >> There is no specific problem with what you're doing, except of course >> properly testing all supported versions and being careful if / how you use >> APIs that did not exist on 1.5. >> > > Here's the question I have: define "be careful". If "be careful" means > inspecting every class/method call you make against SDK level, I think > you're setting yourself up for failure, as it's extremely easy to miss > that, > and the only time you find it is at run time, which for a seldom run piece > of code could be pretty elusive. > > It's would be a lot better to "be careful" by having some tool -- maybe in > the android dev tool chain or the eclipse plugin -- that "carefully" goes > through your code looking for method/classes that are below the current > SDK level. I'm sure there are even better ways to "be careful". > > But as it right now, "be careful" is just a big smelly hack. > > Mike > > > -- > 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]<android-developers%[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. > -- 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
