You can do that, and your app can break at any point an OTA happens to the phone. Just don't do it.
On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 4:49 AM, Kenneth Loafman <[email protected]>wrote: > > So, if I need something in the platform that's not in the public SDK, I > can build against the platform instead of against the SDK? I'm guessing > this would be fairly risky for portability. What other risks are there? > > ...Ken > > On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:17:52 -0800, "Dianne Hackborn" > <[email protected]> wrote: > > >Yes it's the instructions there showing how to download (with repo) and > >build the platform. > > > >On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 8:51 PM, jack <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > >> Thanks Dianne for the quick reply. > >> > >> I am new to this... what exact does "building as part of the platform > >> build" mean? Is this already detailed on source.android.com? > >> > >> > >> > >> On Dec 30, 8:47 pm, "Dianne Hackborn" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > You need to build them as part of the platform build. There are a few > >> > exceptions, but most of the apps that are part of the open source > >> platform > >> > have not yet been cleaned up to use only public APIs. > >> > > >> > On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 6:01 PM, jack <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > >> > > I would like to compile the bundled apps (such as Camera). > >> > > >> > > I created a new Android project with the code from the Camera > project > >> > > downloaded from git. It uses private APIs such as > >> > > android.pim.DateFormat so it wouldn't compile. Now, I pull in the > >> > > whole source code for java.android.pim package but this again > depends > >> > > on a bunch of other packages. > >> > > >> > > What is the recommended way to compile such project? > >> > > >> > -- > >> > 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. > >> > > >> > > > > > -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
