@Matt Kanninen I would like to think the same, but the quote is: "we use the same SDK", not we will open these API's as soon as possible.
David Shellabarger http://www.goldfishview.com On Apr 28, 1:33 pm, Matt Kanninen <[email protected]> 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 of several hidden/private/unpublished API's. 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 > 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.
