Did you ever find any guidance on this? On Saturday, January 22, 2011 6:23:21 PM UTC-8, argongold wrote: > > Any one from Google team can respond on follow issue? > > On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 11:07 AM, argon gold <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Hi Romain , >> >> Sorry for the repeated message as I guess my first message went to just >> one person. >> >> I have following two questions related to AbsSpinner and I expect you can >> clarify the situation here. >> >> 1. In my application I have extended AbsSpinner class and after compiling >> in eclipse and sdk . The application works fine on emulator or on phone. >> But when I compile the same application against Platform Source Code I >> get an error message for layout(int delta, boolean animate) method which is >> an >> abstract method and not a protected one for which I can override it. How >> to resolve this issue? Why in first case I did not get such error message? >> >> 2. In your reply (above) you mentioned just copy/paste the code in your >> application. I'd like to know which code you are referring to? >> Is the AbsSpinner class code? >> >> >> Thanks in advance >> argongold >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Romain Guy <[email protected]<javascript:> >> > wrote: >> >>> AbsListView and AbsSpinner are designed to be extended within the >>> framework. They could also be extended in 3rd party apps but we did >>> not expose all the necessary protected fields and methods on purpose. >>> We want to be very careful in how we expose such APIs so as to not get >>> stuff for future extensions and internal changes. Our current >>> recommendation is you simply copy/paste the code you need inside your >>> app. >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 10:44 PM, Qberticus >>> <[email protected]<javascript:>> >>> wrote: >>> > I'm wondering if AbsListView and AbsSpinner were intended to be >>> > extended by non-framework classes. As they are currently implemented >>> > it is not possible to extend them do to necessary member fields being >>> > at the package level and also various abstract methods being at the >>> > package level. However, the documentation as it is currently written >>> > leads one to believe that it is possible to extend and use these >>> > classes to implement custom views. >>> > >>> > This dissonance between the code and the documentation is confusing. >>> > I'm going to assume that the main intention of these classes is >>> > specified in the code and conclude that you cannot and should not >>> > extend these classes. >>> > >>> > I know it's more than likely not possible for the 2.x tree but are >>> > there any future plans to overhaul these classes so that they will be >>> > properly extendable? >>> > >>> > -- Q >>> > >>> > -- >>> > 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]<javascript:> >>> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> > [email protected] <javascript:> >>> > For more options, visit this group at >>> > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Romain Guy >>> Android framework engineer >>> [email protected] <javascript:> >>> >>> Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time >>> to provide private support. 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]<javascript:> >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected] <javascript:> >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >>> >> >> >
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