Thanks for the answer and I'm glad that it is NO. As for the complexity, when I first began developing for android I recall it took me less than a half hour to get the Hello Google Maps app working. I've already spent 6 hours on https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/start#installing_the_google_maps_android_v2_api and still can't get it to work. This guy: http://nlabs.wordpress.com/2012/12/13/the_maps_sample_from_google_play_services/ that has a tutorial to the tutorial said it took him two days to finally get it to work. I'll put in another 8 hours today trying to get it to work. The problem may not be complexity of the framework. Most tutorials for Android lack specificity and there is usually never a "download working project" option (as there is in your book). Thanks, Gary
On Friday, February 8, 2013 5:21:39 PM UTC-7, Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) wrote: > On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 7:08 PM, [email protected] <javascript:> > <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > > I see that v2 appears an order of magnitude more complex > > Actually, I found it to be simpler, at least for many operations, once > you get past the "is the Play Services Framework installed?" hassle. > Drag and drop, for example, is an order of magnitude easier to > implement. > > > Since google play services are needed does that mean that my app will > only > > be able to be distributed on google play and not, say, be distributed > from > > my own web site? > > No. It means that the device needs the Play Services Framework, > whether that is part of the firmware or installed off the Play Store. > > > Is this a move by google to force apps to be distributed > > only via google play? > > No. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy > http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > In questi siti web puoi chiedere o rispondere a domande relative allo > sviluppo di applicazioni Android: http://www.andglobe.com > -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
