[android-developers] Re: First QVGA Android Phone — HTC Tattoo™ — on sale October 2009. Is your applicat ion ready?
Thank you for your question. We expect the same look and feel between the QVGA emulator and the device, so if the UI of your application does not have a problem displaying on the emulator, then it should not have a problem on the device. Regarding providing unlocked devices to developers, currently we don't have such a plan. If we do receive enough demand from developers, then we may consider to start offering our support in this area. On 10月11日, 上午2時04分, JoaJP joachim.pfeif...@gmail.com wrote: First off, thank you for approaching the dev community (I assume to speak for the rest here...) Question (cc to androidsupp...@htc.com, for reference: this is a response to your post in the Android Developers group): After devs exhaust the tools and resources that Donut offers, and access to a physical device is still needed to appropriately test the apps for the different screen sizes (and potentially other behavioral changes outside of that aspect) - does HTC offer a path to such devices outside of having to purchase the devices outright? Example: Augmented Reality apps rely on sensor inputs that DDMS does not seem to support, at least at this point (Outside of that, it's a pain to work with DDMS/emulators to begin with). At the current price point of the average app, it takes a considerable amount of executed sales to recover that potential cost, to a degree that the acquisition of the various devices to perpetuate the app beyond the current set of devices cannot be justified. (Assuming the dev is unwilling to go into the hole on an ongoing basis). On Oct 10, 8:46 am, htcand...@gmail.com htcand...@gmail.com wrote: HTC Corporation is set to launch the HTC Tattoo(tm) -- the first Android phone with QVGA resolution -- this month with major European and Asian operators. The QVGA screen has helped make the HTC Tattoo a very affordable offering, while it still maintains HTC Sense and features such as a 3 Megapixel camera, WiFi, GPS and 4-way D-pad navigation to ensure compatibility with your applications and provide an excellent user experience. Because it was designed as an affordable, customizable phone, we expect it will lead many new users to the Android platform and create additional demand for Android Market applications. HTC Tattoo is powered by Android 1.6, also referred to as Donut, in order to support the QVGA resolution. Due to the new Android Market's filtering mechanism, QVGA devices will only see applications which have been recompiled with Donut. We strongly recommend that you recompile your applications with Donut to ensure that it is available to Tattoo and other Donut devices that take advantage of new resolutions on the market. To help you reach your total potential customer base on Android Market, we would like to share our experiences about the porting process. We will be posting FAQs and porting suggestions on our website so that you can leverage what we have learned and get your QVGA compatible applications published quickly and effectively. Furthermore, if you encounter problems not mentioned in our FAQ section, feel free to email us at androidsupp...@htc.com. Our engineering support team will try our best to resolve any porting issues. For HTC - Tattoo QVGA Technical support, visithttp://developer.htc.com/ For more information on HTC Tattoo, visithttp://www.htc.com/www/product/tattoo/overview.html- 隱藏被引用文字 - - 顯示被引用文字 - --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-developers] Re: First QVGA Android Phone — HTC Tattoo™ — on sale October 2009. Is your applicat ion ready?
I've already tested the Tattoo's (and other) screen sizes; works fine in the emulator... i've built that capability into my products from day one. But that's starter issues; emulator testing only goes only so far. As an example, there is no adequate representation of the camera preview in the emulator. Sensors (accelerometer, magnetometer) fall into that category as well. Given different processors/clocking resulting in different execution speeds, race conditions in multi- threaded apps may be revealed. Or some work might be required for those that integrate an audio codec in their app, to bring up another example. Even on relatively closely related devices like the G1 and the Google Ion (please fill in the correct HTC product names), we've seen problems with the camera preview. And with other manufacturer's products we heard about differences in sensor outputs. So, at least speaking for myself, with emulator testing only, it is not possible to ready an app for the upcoming Tatoo, or any new device, with sufficient confidence. On Oct 28, 6:07 am, htcand...@gmail.com htcand...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you for your question. We expect the same look and feel between the QVGA emulator and the device, so if the UI of your application does not have a problem displaying on the emulator, then it should not have a problem on the device. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-developers] Re: First QVGA Android Phone — HTC Tattoo™ — on sale October 2009. Is your applicat ion ready?
Few minutes ago Multi Bubbles Lite v1.8 (Casual game, one of the ADC2 entries) has been released in the Android Market. Version 1.8 has full support for ldpi, mdpi, and hdpi devices (including HTC Tattoo and the ARCHOS 5 Tablet). Multi Bubbles Lite v1.8 is also backwards compatible with Android 1.5 devices. I'd be happy to receive feedback from the HTC engineers if they have time to test the application on a real device. http://multibubbles.com/ On Oct 10, 6:46 pm, htcand...@gmail.com htcand...@gmail.com wrote: HTC Corporation is set to launch the HTC Tattoo™ — the first Android phone with QVGA resolution — this month with major European and Asian operators. The QVGA screen has helped make the HTC Tattoo a very affordable offering, while it still maintains HTC Sense and features such as a 3 Megapixel camera, WiFi, GPS and 4-way D-pad navigation to ensure compatibility with your applications and provide an excellent user experience. Because it was designed as an affordable, customizable phone, we expect it will lead many new users to the Android platform and create additional demand for Android Market applications. HTC Tattoo is powered by Android 1.6, also referred to as Donut, in order to support the QVGA resolution. Due to the new Android Market's filtering mechanism, QVGA devices will only see applications which have been recompiled with Donut. We strongly recommend that you recompile your applications with Donut to ensure that it is available to Tattoo and other Donut devices that take advantage of new resolutions on the market. To help you reach your total potential customer base on Android Market, we would like to share our experiences about the porting process. We will be posting FAQs and porting suggestions on our website so that you can leverage what we have learned and get your QVGA compatible applications published quickly and effectively. Furthermore, if you encounter problems not mentioned in our FAQ section, feel free to email us at androidsupp...@htc.com. Our engineering support team will try our best to resolve any porting issues. For HTC – Tattoo QVGA Technical support, visithttp://developer.htc.com/ For more information on HTC Tattoo, visithttp://www.htc.com/www/product/tattoo/overview.html --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[android-developers] Re: First QVGA Android Phone — HTC Tattoo™ — on sale October 2009. Is your applicat ion ready?
First off, thank you for approaching the dev community (I assume to speak for the rest here...) Question (cc to androidsupp...@htc.com, for reference: this is a response to your post in the Android Developers group): After devs exhaust the tools and resources that Donut offers, and access to a physical device is still needed to appropriately test the apps for the different screen sizes (and potentially other behavioral changes outside of that aspect) - does HTC offer a path to such devices outside of having to purchase the devices outright? Example: Augmented Reality apps rely on sensor inputs that DDMS does not seem to support, at least at this point (Outside of that, it's a pain to work with DDMS/emulators to begin with). At the current price point of the average app, it takes a considerable amount of executed sales to recover that potential cost, to a degree that the acquisition of the various devices to perpetuate the app beyond the current set of devices cannot be justified. (Assuming the dev is unwilling to go into the hole on an ongoing basis). On Oct 10, 8:46 am, htcand...@gmail.com htcand...@gmail.com wrote: HTC Corporation is set to launch the HTC Tattoo™ — the first Android phone with QVGA resolution — this month with major European and Asian operators. The QVGA screen has helped make the HTC Tattoo a very affordable offering, while it still maintains HTC Sense and features such as a 3 Megapixel camera, WiFi, GPS and 4-way D-pad navigation to ensure compatibility with your applications and provide an excellent user experience. Because it was designed as an affordable, customizable phone, we expect it will lead many new users to the Android platform and create additional demand for Android Market applications. HTC Tattoo is powered by Android 1.6, also referred to as Donut, in order to support the QVGA resolution. Due to the new Android Market's filtering mechanism, QVGA devices will only see applications which have been recompiled with Donut. We strongly recommend that you recompile your applications with Donut to ensure that it is available to Tattoo and other Donut devices that take advantage of new resolutions on the market. To help you reach your total potential customer base on Android Market, we would like to share our experiences about the porting process. We will be posting FAQs and porting suggestions on our website so that you can leverage what we have learned and get your QVGA compatible applications published quickly and effectively. Furthermore, if you encounter problems not mentioned in our FAQ section, feel free to email us at androidsupp...@htc.com. Our engineering support team will try our best to resolve any porting issues. For HTC – Tattoo QVGA Technical support, visithttp://developer.htc.com/ For more information on HTC Tattoo, visithttp://www.htc.com/www/product/tattoo/overview.html --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
