My HTC Magic has been slowly losing it's touch-screen sensitivity after an accidental... chocolate absorbtion.
Now, having been forced to use an 1.6 android phone with only D-Pad, I can assure you that there are some issues : - The PIN input can't be used without a touch screen : the digits never get focus with D-Pad. I had to disable the PIN from my SIM in another phone in order to be able to use my phone - Text input is impossible without a touch screen (and a physical keyboard) - Then, for some chocolate-related reasons, I had to wipe users data... and I figured out that the lovely droid which invite us to touch him to start using the system can't be bypassed Except these points, and before the latest one, I was still able to use the Home screen, launch apps, and really use some of them for read- only purposes... Kevin On Apr 23, 4:04 pm, Zigurd <zigurd.medni...@gmail.com> wrote: > OK, I see the Alessi counter-top Android TV has > touchhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/alessitab-android-touchscreen-for-... > And, yes, I can see that non-touch UI probably needs an update from > the AWT-ish original support in Android, if it is to be as good as > possible for big TVs and such. > > On Apr 21, 4:29 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > > > > > I can more strongly say that today, to be able to ship an Android compatible > > phone (and thus have Market), you need to have a touch screen. > > > If/when at some point in the future devices without touch-screens are > > considered to be Android compatible, appropriate work for existing third > > party applications will be done, as we have done in the past: either having > > some kind of compatibility so that they can still run with a decent > > experience (as was done with the new density support), or applying filtering > > so that those applications will not be visible to users until specifically > > updated to support the new kind of device (as was done for example for > > devices with smaller screens). > > > While making your app work well with a DPAD is nice, I don't recommend > > developers go out of their way today to try to make a touch-oriented UI work > > without a touch screen. That time would be better spent on improving the > > touch experience. > > > On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Zigurd <zigurd.medni...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > All current Android phones have touch-screens. > > > > However, Android's UI is designed to be operated using the d-pad, > > > moving a "focus" and using a select button as well as by touch. I > > > think all the standard apps that are part of most Android phones can > > > work without touch. > > > > If, for example, you consider an Android in-car system with steering > > > wheel buttons, or an Android TV as possible target platforms, you > > > would want your apps to function without touch, too, and should > > > include non-touch test cases in your test plan. > > > > On Apr 21, 6:06 am, Sean Hodges <seanhodge...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > > If you are a beginner, you should really be posting to the > > > > android-beginners list. > > > > > I believe all of the current Android phones have touch screens. > > > > > On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:24 AM, angushir...@googlemail.com > > > > > <angushir...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > a simple question from a beginner - how many of Android phones > > > > > support touchscreen applications? > > > > > > Angus > > > > > > -- > > > > > 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<android-developers%2Bunsubs > > > > > cr...@googlegroups.com> > > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > > > -- > > > > 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<android-developers%2Bunsubs > > > > cr...@googlegroups.com> > > > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > > > groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > > -- > > > 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<android-developers%2Bunsubs > > > cr...@googlegroups.com> > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > -- > > 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. 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