On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 8:16 AM, Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru) < [email protected]> wrote:
> As many of you may have heard, Froyo is coming to the Verizon Droid > starting July 13th. > I had not heard, thanks for the update. > Store app on SD card > IMO, this is only really relevant to large-size apps. Mine are < 300K so I'm not going to bother. I don't need more edge-cases to test. Especially since the phones that are getting 2.2 (N1, Droid, etc) are the ones with larger storage space to being with. Meanwhile, Google's own large size apps don't even take advantage of this feature. Google Earth, you 22MB behemoth, I'm looking at you. Be sure your app tests values for null or you'll get the dreaded FC. > Wait, what? Nulls were OK before? It seems that Froyo just is more critical when encountering nulls than > previous versions. Can you elaborate on this? Because I would expect a null to always be bad. How were nulls NOT crashing your app before? > Another thing you should do at this time is update your launcher icon. > The new flat style should be used at this point, along with adding the > various resolutions. > Eh. Doesn't the launcher style change with almost every new major Android version? What's the point in continuing to update your app icon? Especially when a huge majority of people are still using 1.5 and 1.6 with the "old" style. I'd rather focus on new features / bugs fixes. > Anyone have other tips for Froyo compliance? > Besides the obvious test your apps on the emulator / device with 2.2? Nope. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TreKing - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking -- 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.
