See, the thing is, you're arguing that apps don't work until 3.0 comes out. And I'm holding a tab (with several apps that haven't been updated since 1.6) that says otherwise..
Either way, we're OT :) On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 3:01 PM, Brian Conrad <[email protected]> wrote: > No, it took Samsung contacting Android developers including myself before > the Galaxy Tablet release asking us to do special things to support the > larger than WVGA screen size. Even Android developer support commented they > didn't like that. Apps with bitmaps may have a particular problem when it > comes to scaling. And x-large layouts may not solve the problem either. > Samsung may have developed a 3.0 upgrade but you have to wait for carriers > to release which takes even more time (because they usually want to > "customize" it and thoroughly test it to avoid support costs). > > > > On 05/31/2011 11:12 AM, Disconnect wrote: > >> It doesn't take 3.0 to make an app compatible with phones and tablets. >> (And >> in fact, "radar now!" is the only app I have that still doesn't fill the >> screen or rotate properly. The vast majority of apps use the recommended >> layout methods introduced way way back in 1.6 to handle scaling without >> issues..) >> >> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 12:23 PM, Brian Conrad<[email protected] >> >wrote: >> >> Samsung needs to update the tab to 3.0 or better. I have users complain >>> about my apps filling the screen too but if you look up threads and some >>> of >>> the docs there is a "hint" that some company sort of broke the rules when >>> it >>> comes to larger screens. Their emulator image also only had the Android >>> API >>> so if a developer had an app that used the Google API it wouldn't >>> install. >>> >>> Of course right now if you have an app that is portrait in orientation >>> the >>> screens will flip upside down on Google's 3.0 and up emulators. Sorta >>> hard >>> to work with that too. Apparently it has something to do with the way >>> the >>> sensor works and they fixed it but the fix didn't make it into the last >>> update. Aaaaaaaaaaaaargh! >>> >>> >>> On 05/31/2011 07:09 AM, Disconnect wrote: >>> >>> Congrats on the million installs :) >>>> >>>> I grabbed it for my galaxy tab, but the interface is pretty broken - no >>>> rotation, doesn't expand to fill the screen, etc. Works great on the g2, >>>> but >>>> I was hoping to use it on the tab - its summer and the tab spends a lot >>>> of >>>> time in a (horizontal) car dock in the jeeep. I need something exactly >>>> like >>>> this app to make sure I'm not about to get soaked with the top off :) >>>> (Doesn't compare to hiding from tornadoes, but still..) >>>> >>>> FYI I'd be happy to do testing with the tab if you wanted to try to >>>> resolve >>>> the ui issues.. >>>> >>>> On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 5:51 PM, Maps.Huge.Info<[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> My app "Radar Now!" finally crossed the ONE MILLION active installs >>>> mark. >>>> >>>>> It's taken months of flirting with that milestone to get here but it >>>>> finally >>>>> has been done. I was at 997,000 two months ago (or so) when they >>>>> changed >>>>> the >>>>> <insert unknown element here> calculation and my app dropped nearly >>>>> 200,000 >>>>> active installs in one day. >>>>> >>>>> So what does 1,000,000 active installs actually mean? Beats me. I >>>>> really >>>>> don't think this is an accurate figure. Last week the number jumped by >>>>> 10,000 several times in a single day, over 100% on one day of the >>>>> download >>>>> counts. Seems curious to me but then again, if I want actual >>>>> statistics, >>>>> I'll just get them from my own server which is far more accurate and >>>>> reliable. >>>>> >>>>> Next week the app should cross the 2,000,000 download mark. Again, what >>>>> does that mean? Nothing really. The important statistic to me is over >>>>> 575,000 people used the app nearly 7,000,000 times in the last 30 days. >>>>> One >>>>> was from Joplin, MO who said the app may have helped keep his family >>>>> out >>>>> of >>>>> harm's way (see below). I wonder if "Angry Birds" ever got an e-mail >>>>> like >>>>> that? >>>>> >>>>> -John Coryat >>>>> >>>>> *Thank you from Joplin, Missouri >>>>> >>>>> Thank you so much for having this app available. >>>>> >>>>> Our town was hit by an EF-5 tornado four days ago. On leaving our >>>>> son's high school graduation ceremony, I noted that the sky didn't >>>>> look right, and it was starting to rain. My view of the horizon was >>>>> blocked by buildings. I pulled up your app and saw a large red radar >>>>> signal about several miles in size moving directly toward us. >>>>> >>>>> We we able to get to safety (not knowing that it was a tornado, but >>>>> was definitely something we wanted to be away from). Within a half an >>>>> hour the tornado wiped out about a third of our town. 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