On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Zigurd <[email protected]> wrote:
> If you can't send ACTION_PACKAGE_CHANGED, how are alternative markets/ > installers supposed to work? While it looks like if you sent > ACTION_PACKAGE_ADDED the same thing would happen, based on the filter > Launcher sets up, that seems less correct. > The system sends these when it installs or otherwise modifies packages. Alternative markets don't get to directly install apps (and at this level, neither does the regular market); they ask the system to, and it does the right thing. > I was experimenting with activity aliases as a way of turning on and > off the ability to launch into multiple different activities in the > same app. Is that still kosher? I replied here because it seems that > you could use the same technique to change icons. > You could do this, but if the user has made a shortcut to your app this would break it. -- 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
