Hi Dianne Hackborn, Is IME & IMF going to support word prediction based on some language dictionary? I find that features including dictionary of suggestions and a suggestion algorithm are included in the IME roadmap for 2009 Q1 release, and in the SoftKeyboard.java there is an commented line // startPrediction().
Thanks. On Dec 20, 7:11 am, "Dianne Hackborn" <[email protected]> wrote: > It is something after 1.0, but there is no release number assigned to it > yet. That is why we use names instead of, when starting work, trying to > predict the future and assign a release number. That rarely works out. :) > However, it certainly will not be a 1.0_rXXX version, since cupcake is > changes to the platform which will result in something that is not 1.0. > > If an app tries to use one of the new APIs on a phone that is running an > older version, best case it won't do anything, worst case the app will not > work at all. It depends on what you are doing. For example, using new XML > attributes will just be ignored on previous versions. Directly using Java > APIs will cause your app to break on previous versions because they don't > exist there. You can use reflection to look to see if the API exists and > call it indirectly if running on a version that has it. > > Right now cupcake is mostly in a state for platform engineers to work with > it. As we get closer to finishing on it, will we be putting together new > SDKs that people can use to write apps against the new APIs. I think you > might be able to build your own private SDK using the cupcake branch, but we > are not yet at the point where the APIs are stabilized so using them will be > a moving target (much like all of the pre-cupcake APIs were until we got to > 1.0). > > On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 2:49 PM, Ed Burnette <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Pardon me if this has been answered before, but is the "cupcake" work > > ultimately going into Android SDK version 2.0 or 1.1 or > > 1.0_r<something>, and what happens when you run an app that uses a new > > API like Window.setSoftInputMode() on a phone with the current Android > > 1.0? > > > I'm wondering about the compatibility story in general so any light > > you can shed on that would be appreciated. > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > [email protected] > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support. All such questions should be posted on public > forums, where I and others can see and answer them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "android-framework" 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-framework?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
