> So, does that mean it is acceptable to do non-SDK based applications?

No :)

> I know there seems to be a lot of talk about not using internal
> classes. I see the built-in Launcher app uses a lot of internal
> classes. I'm assuming this is also true in the Widgets; however, I've
> not specifically looked at that yet.

Widgets are part of Home, not part of the platform.

> I'd want to duplicate the full
> functionality of these Widgets, including voice search if possible. Do
> you anticipate the Speech API will be coming to the SDK anytime soon?

No idea :(

> Don't want to do anything that is frowned upon here.

The problem is that non-SDK apps are very likely to break with future
Android updates. And that's bad for the users.

>
> On Feb 19, 9:41 am, Romain Guy <[email protected]> wrote:
>> You can't reuse them without duplicating the source code.
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 7:03 AM, nEx.Software <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Is there any way to re-use the existing Widgets provided by the
>> > default Launcher in a custom Launcher application?
>> > At least without going into the main android source tree in order to
>> > use the internal classes?
>>
>> > Thanks for any insight you can give.
>>
>> --
>> Romain Guy
>> Android framework engineer
>> [email protected]
>>
>> 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
> >
>



-- 
Romain Guy
Android framework engineer
[email protected]

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

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