Btw, the problem is not that something was changed (yes I know it was not documented). But the platform lost some of its openness for 3rd party developers.
On 26 Feb., 21:26, Daniel <daniel.himmel...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Well I don't think so. It was really cool to build apps like a mesh up > of activities others implemented. > I know a lot of developers who used exactly this intents and this > change really killed all of them. Only Google apps like "Search" are > still able to use these intents. This is not what I expect from an > open platform where 3rd party developers should be able to write apps > with the same quality as Google. > But ok if your argumentation goes that way, what shall I say, well > done my app is dead. I'm pretty sure others too. > > On 25 Feb., 20:03, TreKing <treking...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 7:45 AM, Daniel > > <daniel.himmel...@googlemail.com>wrote: > > > > The activities ArtistAlbumBrowserActivity, AlbumBrowserActivity > > > and TrackBrowserActivity cannot be started anymore by an Intent (e.g. > > > using > > > action.PICK and "vnd.android.cursor.dir/album") since the attribute > > > android:exported is set to "false" for those activities since Android 2.3 > > > Is (or was) it documented somewhere that this is the proper way to do this? > > > That is really annoying because the Intent stuff was once one of Android's > > > > strength's and now you are not allowed to use this stuff any more. That's > > > a > > > shame... > > > Intent stuff is still one of Android's strengths - when used correctly. It > > looks like you were exploiting private implementation details to get this to > > work. You should not be surprised that it has changed. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---------------------- > > TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago > > transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- 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
