On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 7:07 PM, DulcetTone <[email protected]> wrote:
> Is there no means by which you can tell whether a package installed on > the phone is burned in with the firmware (and hence immutable) versus > one that can be updated? > ApplicationInfo.FLAG_SYSTEM. This doesn't really mean it is immutable; you can install an update to it if it is signed with the same cert (though the update is placed on the data partition like other third party apps, since /system is read only). > On a similar line, why does Google ever put apps on the Market with > the same signature by which they are burned into some phones? It > stunts updating terribly. Indeed, why burn any apps on the phone as > opposed to make them super-easy to find in a dynamic manner? > Huh? You can update built-in apps, as per above. This is how maps updates have been delivered for a long time, as well as Market updates (which you aren't generally aware of), more recently Gmail updates, etc. -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer [email protected] Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" 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-developers?hl=en
