> Why are you running on Windows platforms? Because Android lacks USB host support, webcam support, and external camera support in general. Also because Windows still has some market share.
>> A horrible way of balkanizing the global Android market! > > You say this as if this is being forced on to you with no choice in the > matter. Surely I can - and for the time being will - drop the Amazon Appstore if they cannot come up with a more elegant solution than simply forbidding searches on the Android Market. If many more developers protest, Amazon Appstore policies will change. On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 9:47 PM, TreKing <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 2:18 PM, blindfold <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> I think it is too messy. > > Writing an interface whose concrete type is determine by a simple flag is > messier than multiple code branches? OK then ... > >> >> On Windows I have a single executable that runs on Window 95, 98, ME, NT, >> 2000, XP, Vista and 7 (of course with >> some internal OS version checks for special supported features), > > You lost me. I thought we were doing Android programming. Why are you > running on Windows platforms? > >> >> but now we must build different executables (APKs) even for a >> single Android OS version, with different behaviors depending on >> who distributes the app? > > If you've designed your app to have functionality related to the market on > which it was distributed and plan to distribute it on different markets, > then yes, you must build different APKs with different behaviors depending > on *who you tie the app to*. This is not an issue if you don't use > market-dependent functionality (like "view my other apps"). > >> >> A horrible way of balkanizing the global Android market! > > You say this as if this is being forced on to you with no choice in the > matter. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > TreKing - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
