I Think we (android developers), are very smart people and we will put android applications on top of mobile applications. so, talk less and work more. Regards [].
On 9/25/08, blindfold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Yikes, you are right! I found that this "For security, your phone is > set to block installation of applications not sourced in Android > Market" restriction applies when launching after downloading through > the emulator browser. Putting the same (downloaded, signed) APK on the > sdcard via adb install yourapp.apk worked fine for me. Does this mean > that our apps will be confined to distribution only through Android > Market? I would not like that. > > On Sep 25, 1:25 pm, Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > You can already find in the SDK that you can install an application > > > from any web page by simply downloading an .apk file that has the MIME > > > type "application/vnd.android.package-archive" associated with it. > > > > May I know exactly how? > > > > I have successfully downloaded an apk using the emulator into the > > sdcard but it says > > "For security, your phone is set to block installation of applications > > not sourced in Android Market" > > (when I click settings at the prompt, it crashes......) > > > > How do I change the settings using the GUI? > > > > Thanks > > Eric > > Portable Electronics Ltdwww.hdmp4.com > > > > On Sep 25, 6:43 pm, Peli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > You can already find in the SDK that you can install an application > > > > from any web page by simply downloading an .apk file that has the > MIME > > > > type "application/vnd.android.package-archive" associated with it. > > > > > WOW! :-) This is really great news! Thank you for this feature!! > > > > > Peliwww.openintents.org > > > > > On Sep 24, 8:56 pm, hackbod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > You can already find in the SDK that you can install an application > > > > from any web page by simply downloading an .apk file that has the > MIME > > > > type "application/vnd.android.package-archive" associated with it. > > > > This will be opened by the system's Package Installer app, allowing > > > > the user to see what it is and decide if they want to install it. > > > > > > You can likewise use the installer yourself by launching an Intent > > > > pointing to local .apk file and supplying the same MIME type. > > > > > > This is a standard part of the platform, so yes it will be available > > > > on the G1. > > > > > > Note that we do NOT allow applications to directly call the internal > > > > API for installing packages, and thus bypassing the normal UI, for > > > > security reasons: this effectively means that an application granted > > > > permission to do this has been granted permission to do anything, > > > > which is obviously pretty dangerous. (This is the same reason why we > > > > only allow an application to inject key events into its own UI.) So > > > > you will have to ultimately go through the system UI for installing a > > > > package. > > > > > > As far as opening the app market it the developer community before > the > > > > first devices ship... I don't know what the exact plans for this > are, > > > > but I would honestly question the point. NOBODY should be uploading > > > > an app that they haven't tested on real hardware. You would be crazy > > > > to rely on just the emulator to determine if your application behaves > > > > well. From that perspective, I think it would be a big mistake to > > > > allow people to upload apps before they have access to hardware, > since > > > > it would encourage the uploading a lot of apps that are going to give > > > > the actual users a poor experience. > > > > > > Our situation is very different from the iPhone, where phones were > > > > being sold for almost a year before they even allowed third party > > > > developers on them. We are releasing our first phone at the same > time > > > > that we are supporting third party developers, so I think it is to be > > > > expected that initially there won't be a ton of applications on the > > > > market, as developers will still need to do the final work to get > them > > > > running well on the phones. Android is just getting started... we > > > > still won't have any phones actually being sold until next month! > > > > > > On Sep 24, 9:55 am, "Shane Isbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 9:40 AM, jtaylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > Maybe there's not many killer apps. :) > > > > > > > It's hard to say at this point but if T-Mobile doesn't open it's > App Market > > > > > to the general developer community before the October launch, I'm > quiet sure > > > > > there won't be any killer apps. I'd move slideme for operation if I > had any > > > > > indication that the G1 would allow third-party apps (like our sam > manager) > > > > > to install other applications. At this point, I still don't know. > T-Mobile > > > > > is also not providing me any info on how to do third-party billing. > Still > > > > > looking for that openness that everyone is talking about...but if > the > > > > > general community can't provision apps before launch, what's the > point? > > > > > Between Google and T-Mobile, this is really frustrating. > > > > > > > Shane > > > > > > > -- Sun Certified Programmer for Java Platform, SE 5.0 – 310-055. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
