Thanks Ludwig, I'm mostly asking from a device creators viewpoint. One of the attractions of Android is the ability to access the Market and download content. What I don't know is what the process is that enables a device to gain access to this...certification, testing, how the provisioning works, costs etc. Who should I contact at Google about such things???
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Ludwig <ludwigbrinckm...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think you have to realise that the Android Market is not part of Android, > the open source project, but a commercial enterprise run by Google to which > currently only owners of officially distributed phones have access (the > market app is not open source). So if you would need to have access to > market apps, you would need to buy an ADP1 phone, so you could get to the > market _and_ be able to get the apps off the phone and onto a device you are > developing, but that will not give you access to protected apps. (A G1 will > give you all the apps, but not a way of getting to them). > Equally, just as you will not send out a device you are making for free to > those who develop apps to test whether their apps will work on your device, > many developers will not make their apps available to you for free, but you > could always ask. > > Having said this, I have seen lots of apps crash, not function well etc > even on a G1 phone, so the question is what will testing an app on your > device really tell you? It could be bugs on your device, bugs in the app or > bugs in Android. > > The real question of course is whether there is something like an Android > compatibility test suite that a device must be able to run to be 'certified > Android'. I am not aware of one and with things in flux as they are there > might not be one, even though I hope that Google has some release testing in > place. > > Ludwig > > 2009/3/3 mvniekerk <mvniek...@gmail.com> > > >> Yeah, bump from my side of things as well. >> >> On Mar 2, 6:10 pm, F H <expelia...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> > How does a product manufacturer gain access the Android Market? >> > Is it possible to download the applications for testing purposes? >> > Does the provisioning system present all Android applications or only >> those >> > that have been certified to run on a particular device to a user? >> > Does the provisioning system only recognise 'approved' Android devices >> and >> > if so, is the approval process described anywhere? >> > Are there any costs associated with hooking up to Android Market? >> > >> > Many Thanks. >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ unsubscribe: android-porting+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
