On Sunday 11 January 2009 11:30:52 am mblove wrote: > Does it mean that the Android "App product sharing" is just only share > binary code but not the source code? So if i want to do some > development by leveraging other developer's code sharing in their > Apps, where can i search it and how can i download the source code of > them, such as the apps in the page below: > http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/11/behind-apps-amazon-and
Yes. While the Android SDK and core Android components are open-source, applications need not be open-source. It's up to the discretion of the developer. There are many mature open-source Android applications that you can find with a quick Google search. Two off the top of my head: K9 Mail (fork of Google's e-mail client) and ConnectBox (SSH client). -- Samat Jain <http://samat.org/> | GPG: 0x1A1993D3 Partner, Chief Technology Officer | Rhombic Networks, LLC Problems that go away by themselves, come back by themselves. -- Anonymous (45) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to android-beginners@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-beginners-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
