Unless there is a stackoverflow or out of memory issue I do not see any point in having a Force Close. If I catch all runtime exceptions around a block of code the OS should ignore all exceptions inside that call block.
Maybe some Force Close decision is about taking care of memory leaks or other security sensitive issues. I believe getting an earful from Bruce Schneier will improve the security layers quite a bit. For example we could shorten the long list of permissions. Sorry about throwing out name here. The song is not about him personally:) On May 26, 2:05 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 1:46 PM, dipu <contac...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Developing apps for android is fun. I just do not want to put a nail > > on every null to avoid force close. Now even an ardent Agile fan would > > call me a bad programmer. That is where I see religion (or cult). How > > about get a few ex-ms people on board. Maybe they can resolve the > > issue with the new incarnation of "Blue Screen of Death" called "Force > > Close". > > Core engineers on Android come from Sun, Be, Danger, Palm, Microsoft, as > well as other companies. > > Also "Blue Screen of Death" is when your entire computer crashes. "Force > Close" is when the current application crashes. These are very much not the > same thing. The force close dialog is the same as the app crash dialog on > windows. > > Of course we could do like iOS and just silently kill the app and return to > the launcher. > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > hack...@android.com > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > answer them. -- 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
