Well the API is already out there for developers to use, so it isn't that. As a side note, I notice that the hotspot methods in the Wifi Manager are still annotated for internal use only, despite a Google person telling me that the API wasn't exposed because it hadn't been declared 'stable'.
I'm more inclined to go with the whole shortcut thing. Maybe it's related to the rumour late last year that Honeycomb would require a dual core processor. Now Google have said that isn't the case, but is there a tablet out/due any day that has Honeycomb and isn't dual core? This in turn might go some way to explaining why it can't immediately be deployed to phones, most of which are not dual core. Must look for more evidence on this. If the release has been expedited to ensure ground is not lost to Apple, the internal design may well need more work. Although, as it turns out, it would appear Google have until at least Apple's WWDC before they have to see if Android is going to lose ground at the next major iOS release. On Mar 30, 8:28 pm, Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 12:24 PM, Chris Koerner <[email protected]> wrote: > > If the source wasn't in good enough shape then I don't think its > > unreasonable to believe that the compiled binary robustness might > > be tenuous, unless you think they just haven't put enough inline comments. > > Really? I find this statement a bit naive... > > The code is working as expected but when you are talking about API's exposed > in an entire operating system, it's not very hard for me to imagine that > there might be a lot of pieces that need to be refactored and documented > before I want to expose them to hundreds of thousands of developers. There > are also parts that you will want to remove or obfuscate, you will need to > create a specific OS distribution, transfer from one repo to another, etc... > > Deciding to ship the product first and then the source second sounds > perfectly natural to me. > > -- > Cédric -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" 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/javaposse?hl=en.
