Comments on: Android 2.0: Developers left in the dark

By: Android and Me

Android and Me — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:23:03 +0000

[...] pulled the big-brother act more than a couple of times recently (the above cease-and-desist, being very secretive with developers about Android 2.0, undermining bloggers with Sidewiki, and all sorts of craziness over Google Books) and a lot of [...]

By: Android and Me

Android and Me — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:17:10 +0000

[...] day after we called out Google for holding onto the Android 2.0 SDK, it magically appeared on their website. Developers can now [...]

By: artar

artar — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:21:00 +0000

http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/10/announcing-android-20-support-in-sdk.html

By: Android and Me

Android and Me — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:25:04 +0000

[...] and the first phone featuring the new OS (Verizon Droid) will be in customers hand on November 6. Developers feel left in the dark because Google has failed to publicly release the Android 2.0 SDK or comment on the upcoming [...]

By: Brynthe

Brynthe — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:30:37 +0000

See… i don’t doubt that the guys there just completely overlooked that thousands of apps may be out of the loop… they are not complete screw ups…

By: Justin Shapcott

Justin Shapcott — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:27:46 +0000

Cyaonogen includes a compatibility mode toggle in Spare Parts. I believe that Android 1.6 (Donut) automatically uses compatibility mode and Spare Parts let’s you turn it off.

By: Taylor Wimberly

Taylor Wimberly — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:21:21 +0000

I’m 99% sure I saw a “compatibility mode” in early Donut/Eclair builds. I will try to dig up a screen shot.

By: Brynthe

Brynthe — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:17:00 +0000

Maybe just maybe android 2.0 is going to be fully compatible with majority of the apps. dont forget that only a very few and particular types of apps broke on 1.6…

By: TomTasche

TomTasche — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:13:35 +0000

http://twitter.com/hexage/status/5180768875

sounds like THEY have access to Android 2.0? :/

By: Justin Shapcott

Justin Shapcott — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:00:36 +0000

Of course we want a stable API. Consider though that if the Motorola Droid is actually to come out on November 6th, one would sure hope that Android 2.0 (and its equivalent SDK) is done by now. We need access to that SDK prior to the release so that we can check for those broken API methods, plain and simple.

Forgive me if I misinterpreted the tone of your response… It’s hard to tell the exact angle you are taking.