I'll add that we'll gladly accept high-quality patches that refactor
the offending apps to only use SDK APIs (in which case
android-platform is probably the best list), and that in legitimate
situations we'll consider exposing the necessary APIs through the SDK
(in which case this is the appropriate list).

JBQ

On 1/1/09, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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.
>
> >
>


-- 
Jean-Baptiste M. "JBQ" Queru
Android Engineer, Google.

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