I understand that journalist often take things out of context or misquote someone, maybe somebody should ask Andy about this at Google IO. (I won't be there unfortunately). But I don't see how you can argue that the API to turn the screen off is not ready for prime-time or that is a security risk. Its one of the most commonly used API's by the system and poses zero security threat. They could even add a permission if they wanted to.
I suppose you could agree that they aren't "secret" because its an open source project and you can call them with reflection but this seems to go against the completely open principle he is talking about. David Shellabarger http://www.goldfishview.com On Apr 27, 5:12 pm, Jim Ancona <[email protected]> wrote: > On Apr 27, 4:44 pm, GodsMoon <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ummm > > I just read this > > article:http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/googles-andy-rubin-on-everyt... > > > Andy Rubin says, "A lot of guys have private APIs. We don’t." And > > "There are no secret APIs". > > > Maybe he has a different version of Android than I do because I know > > of several hidden/private/unpublished API's. > > Anybody tried to power the screen off lately?!? It's a private API. > > > What am I suppose to make of this? > > Of course there are private APIs used by the platform, but not > intended for applications. I assumed he was saying that there are no > private APIs that are forbidden for third-party developers, but > allowed for Google applications. > > Do you know of a Google-supplied app that uses that API? If so, that > would contradict him. > > Jim > > -- > 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. -- 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.
