In this post http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/thread/bedd7b2dcfad5e97/6257106b3d301527 i've read about all that stuff about private APIs which are annotated with @Hide.
The presence of hidden APIs is not as well-known as the "All Apps are equal"-mantra, but I think there should be more information on it. As long as I belivied in the mantra, I had dialogues like that: Boss: Can you do Xyz on android? Me: Yes, of course, there are Apps on my phone which do it, so we can do it, too! Boss: Cool, go ahead and code that stuff. Customers will love it! ...two days later... Me: Hey boss, I just found out I need some private API for that. Forget all your business plans. I totally agree with those two reasons for private APIs: 1. some features would be too dangerous from a security perspective 2. some APIs were not ready to ship when 1.0 came out, so they should be published later The post I mentioned above is about two private APIs: * Installing Apps without any intervention by the User * Calling emergency phone numbers like 911 I'm sure there are more private APIs, I think those are good examples: * Everything related to Bluetooth * Reading Contancts from a SIM card / writing them there But I'm afraid there may be many more which I'm not aware of. Could we create an exhaustive list of them? I think no such list exists yet. For each API/feature it would be nice to know: * Why is it private? * Will it ever be public? * If yes, are there any schedules when this might come true, in terms of release numbers or in terms of a date? with best regars, Brian Schimmel --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
