Re: [android-developers] Does all Android Devices support Map API

2010-08-07 Thread Dianne Hackborn
Once a device doesn't have Market on it, any and all bets are off. Android is open source. People can do anything in the world they want with it and nobody can stop them. There are, however, strict compatibility requirements in order to be able to include Market. That said, including Google's m

Re: [android-developers] Does all Android Devices support Map API

2010-08-06 Thread Alex Xin
The answer is NO. For example, Lenovo LePhone is an Android 1.6 based device, but it doesn't support any of Google APIs, it even doesn't support Google search, the default search engine on this phone is Baidu not Google, you cannot install GTalk/GMail/Market and other Google apps on this phone. O

Re: [android-developers] Does all Android Devices support Map API

2010-08-03 Thread Dianne Hackborn
As far as I know, yes, but this is not a guarantee. This is not something you need to worry about, because to use the maps API you need to have in your manifest, and Market will then hide your app from devices that don't have the library. You can also do this yourself on newer platforms by makin

[android-developers] Does all Android Devices support Map API

2010-08-03 Thread Jingwen Xiong
Hi all, I am currently developing an android application that uses android google map API. I am wondering does all android devices support this add-on api?? If not, how could I detect wheter the device support or doesn't support map API programatically. Any comments and suggestion are welcome. T