Out of curiosity: how many developers of adc2 apps tested their apps under the 1.6 emulator and actually found any issue?
If the app is using public APIs and/or the 1.5 NDK, it should work fine under 1.6. If not, make sure to file bugs at http://b.android.com so that issues can be addressed. R/ On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 7:20 PM, Spencer Riddering <[email protected]> wrote: > > My point wasn't to sound an alarm. It was intended to be thought > provoking. > > I want to remind Google that IMHO the preferred judging platform is > 1.5 so anything they can do to tip the scales towards using 1.5 is the > right choice. For example, will the industry professional judges in > round 2 be asked to use devices running 1.5 if possible? > > My point was also a bit reflective. How did we get here? How can this > situation be avoided in the future? > > > On Oct 3, 12:05 am, Spencer Riddering <[email protected]> wrote: >> It's only a week into the ADC2 judging and already phones are being >> updated to Android 1.6 Cupcake. With at least one more week to go in >> the first round and (I'm guessing) two more weeks of judging in the >> second round this means that around 75% of the ADC2 judging will occur >> on Android 1.6. The 1.6 SDK was not made available to developers until >> after the ADC2 deadline so (except for a few exceptions) all of the >> ADC2 applications were not tested on this judging platform. >> >> Already an undocumented change in 1.6, which can break applications >> that worked on 1.5, has been discovered >> herehttp://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/threa... >> and Google has acknowledged the problem >> herehttp://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/threa... >> >> Why is Google allowing an estimated 75% of the ADC2 to be judged on a >> platform version that almost no one has had a chance to test on? >> >> Spencer Riddering > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
