On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Carmen Delessio
<carmendeles...@gmail.com>wrote:

> Of course you are right that this is no different than creating a desktop
> app in Java.
> I've just never seen the need to create a Java Desktop app, so I had not
> thought about the security issue.
>

To be a little more accurate, this is not specific to Java or the Desktop,
but any code that runs on a user's device.


> Android apps that connect to web services are useful and typically require
> a developer key as part of the interaction.
> The same issue of securing the developer key would arise in a Java desktop
> app.


And it's the same issue as such an app running on an iPhone, or a native
application on a desktop, etc.

-- 
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.

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