What is the reason that some people work at the platform layer, instead of just the SDK?
I have done some work in both, and not surprisingly, development is faster and easier in the SDK (for me), due to books, number of developers, build times, etc. Of course, it depends on what you're doing. The advantage I can see to working at the platform layer, is to be able to modify some core apps, such as Email, Contacts, etc, without having to re-write those apps (to my knowledge, you can't just extend those apps, and work in the SDK). However, once you've worked at the platform layer, you have to maintain your branch for future releases, which sounds like a lot of work. Perhaps some good work at the platform layer could get accepted and included in the next release, which would be very cool. Are there other reasons for working at the platform layer, instead of the SDK? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
