[android-developers] Upgrading from 1.6 to 2.2+

2011-09-08 Thread kypriakos
Hi all, we are in the process of moving a number of apps and their convoluted logic from older OSes (1.6) to 2.2. Are versions 2.2+ backwards compatible for the most part with older versions? What are the most profound changes that need to be done? Most of these apps make use of data on the SD

Re: [android-developers] Upgrading from 1.6 to 2.2+

2011-09-08 Thread Mark Murphy
On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 11:53 AM, kypriakos demet...@ece.neu.edu wrote: we are in the process of moving a number of apps and their convoluted logic from older OSes (1.6) to 2.2. That statement doesn't make sense. Unless you have been using maxSdkVersion, your applications have been running on

Re: [android-developers] Upgrading from 1.6 to 2.2+

2011-09-08 Thread Dianne Hackborn
Information about the major changes in each version is available here: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html On the left is the section for each version. This includes an overview of the major new feature, as well as detailed API diffs of the new APIs introduced in that version. Your