Unfortunately, Market app is closed source and can't be distributed. Most of the core google apps that ship on a stock G1 or part of 3rd party roms aren't on the market. Basically you could compile the rom image, ship the rom image, install the rom image and be left with a very basic, but working, phone. No Gmail, no Search, no apps from the market, no market itself in fact and no Gmaps either. They're not just apk files either from what I hear, they're quite involved little beasties to compile and need to be thunked in to a rom to fire up.
Yes, Cynogen could keep releasing without the Google apps as could anyone else, but honestly, would anyone want to use those ROM's and not be able to have the apps and functionality they got the phone for in the first place? Some yes. But most probably not and yeah, I'm in the no group. Google just obliterated the current rom scene. On Sep 25, 9:31 am, Giantcandy <[email protected]> wrote: > you couldn't be more right, this is insane, the easy solution to this > would be to have all the apps on the market, then the CM builds can be > google app free, and we just go and DL them from the market, problem > solved...just add all the google apps to your market google, then no > need for nasty letters for no good reason....your suppose to be the > anti apple that doesn't hide behind the curtain and let's ppl do what > they do best, work as a community to make things better...but this is > not that idea...so yeah, i hope to see all the google apps on the > market so you can still have a biz becuase those 30,000 ppl on CM and > a lot of other on diff roms...they help spread buzz about upcoming > stuff...aka..new market...so, stop...collaborate and listen...to your > user base... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
