Take a look at the history of the methods to install packages in the PackageManager class. When the API level went from 3 (1.5) to 4 (1.6) the relevant methods and supporting classes were removed and not replaced (if you can find any other methods that Android Market could be using to install applications I'd love to know about them).
That's right guys, from what I can see Google took the API calls that Market uses from public to private between 1.5 and 1.6, so can someone tell me how that fits in with the "No Private APIs" statement? Al. -- * Looking for Android Apps? - Try http://andappstore.com/ * ====== Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company number 6741909. The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's subsidiaries. On 28 Apr 2010, at 18:33, Matt Kanninen wrote: > Here a fuller quote: > > “We use the same tools we expect our third-party developers to,” Mr. > Rubin said. “We have an SDK we give to developers. and when we write > our Gmail app, we use the same SDK. A lot of guys have private APIs. > We don’t. That’s on policy and on technology. If there’s a secret API > to hook into billing system we open up that billing system to third > parties. If there’s a secret API to allow application multitasking, we > open it up. There are no secret APIs. That is important to highlight > for Android sake. Open is open and we live by our own > implementations.” > > What I hear him saying is "there are no secret APIs, just APIs that > haven't been opened up yet." > > From my experience, there are also half baked APIs that don't get > opened up, because instead they get removed. I sincerely believe > Google is opening up as much as they think they can without hurting > the Android product. I continue to be impressed by how much they have > been able to open up, and still get carriers, OEMs, etc. to actually > use it, AND get consumers to actually buy the hardware. > > Mind you, I can't wait to get my hands on an open sourced Symbian > Nokia either ;-) > > My 2 cents, > -MK > > > On Apr 27, 1:44 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? >> >> -- >> 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. > -- 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.
