[android-developers] Re: Can not access to the system properties store?

2009-01-21 Thread Dianne Hackborn
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 9:06 PM, Brian 1143 wrote: > Do you mean the Settings application is considered to be part of the > system? If so, it should be able to change the system properties, > right? > I am not writing my own application; just modified the original > Settings application. I need a

[android-developers] Re: Can not access to the system properties store?

2009-01-21 Thread Dianne Hackborn
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 8:22 PM, Disconnect wrote: > ...so, um.. "Any app on the mobile device can be replaced or extended -- > even core components such as the dialer or home." > It does say 'on the mobile device', even. > (from http://code.google.com/android/) Well this is the way it is. As

[android-developers] Re: Can not access to the system properties store?

2009-01-20 Thread Brian 1143
Thank you for your reply. Do you mean the Settings application is considered to be part of the system? If so, it should be able to change the system properties, right? I am not writing my own application; just modified the original Settings application. I need a system-wide place to store the conf

[android-developers] Re: Can not access to the system properties store?

2009-01-20 Thread Disconnect
...so, um.. "Any app on the mobile device can be replaced or extended -- even core components such as the dialer or home." It does say 'on the mobile device', even. (from http://code.google.com/android/) On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 10:28 PM, Dianne Hackborn wrote: > There are a number of things tha

[android-developers] Re: Can not access to the system properties store?

2009-01-20 Thread Dianne Hackborn
There are a number of things that settings does that normal apps can't, and this is probably one of them. We generally consider settings to be part of the system, not an application. On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 6:34 PM, Brian 1143 wrote: > > I am modifying the Settings application, and needing to a