Thanks so much for the info Romain. I'll try to do my best within the SDK, I can deal with missing some functionality... I'll look into the Code and see what's possible without going into the internal classes.
Thanks again. On Feb 19, 11:32 am, Romain Guy <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
