[android-developers] Modules similar to DLLs in android

2011-09-10 Thread New Developer
Hi All Is there a mechanism to create the equivalence of DLLs so that one can create modules. It's not quite an apk, can't be run by itself, it must be called from a main.apk. and this main.apk will scan looking for these modules and based on what is or is not present will then have a

Re: [android-developers] Modules similar to DLLs in android

2011-09-10 Thread Michael Banzon
I haven't actually tried to see if it's possible - but I suppose you could make an application with no activity for the launcher. The main problem I see is distribution - how do you get users to install the program package from Android Market? I make a few programs that share functionality and

Re: [android-developers] Modules similar to DLLs in android

2011-09-10 Thread New Developer
Thanks Michael I'm not sure I'm going to use the Android Market, and I'm guessing I could host the apk (with no activity) on my own site. Do you know of any tutorials (or care to share) how to create a jar file and then link/include it inside an activity ? thanks again On 09/10/2011

Re: [android-developers] Modules similar to DLLs in android

2011-09-10 Thread TreKing
On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 6:41 AM, New Developer secur...@isscp.com wrote: and this main.apk will scan looking for these modules and based on what is or is not present will then have a certain set of functions and functionality ? Google Android Plugins or something - many apps do this. On

Re: [android-developers] Modules similar to DLLs in android

2011-09-10 Thread Michael Banzon
The JAR files are a standard Java thing - google'ing it should give good resources. The process have nothing to do with the final Android app - you deal with all the magic in Eclipse or your favorite development env. On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 4:37 PM, New Developer secur...@isscp.com wrote: