There is a market-specific proprietary-client api for saying "download this apk from the web and install it." Sure, no problem. I could implement the same thing in a 3rd party client... right up until the point where it hands off to the framework to do the installation --without user interaction--.
That is something that it is currently NOT POSSIBLE for anyone to do except google, and (all handwaving about open-platforms aside) something they are currently DOING. (Add in the 'protected' flag and you have two important, secret apis that their apps use and nobody else can..) On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 3:29 PM, String <[email protected]>wrote: > My view is that it's not a private API because, as Mike Wolson said, it's > the Market client doing the installation. I suppose it's a question of what > exactly constitutes an API. An argument could be made that it's not an API > at all - much less a private one - analogous to, say, powering off the > phone. It's a core function of the OS, not necessarily something accessible > to third-party apps. > > Should there be a better API for it? Quite possibly. Did there used to be? > Yes, as Al Sutton pointed out. But it's open to interpretation, a matter of > opinion. > > String > > -- > 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]<android-discuss%[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.
