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This seems like it will paint the Android core developers into a corner, supporting this particular hack for years to come, like the way Microsoft had to for Wi
by pbiggar 14y ago
This seems like it will paint the Android core developers into a corner, supporting this particular hack for years to come, like the way Microsoft had to for Windows. If I were android core developers, this would not be a good day.
- pserwylo 14y agoI think the limitation is only on older versions, so they would probably only do the hack if it was pre Gingerbread. They mention that ICS works as expected, so I would be more than a bit mortified if they did this hack for new working versions too.
- kijiki 14y agoThis hack is specific to ancient versions of Android, and is not used on current or future versions. So there is no need to deal with it in any codebase that isn't completely dead.
- objclxt 14y ago> "specific to ancient versions of Android" Ancient but still shipping. I can go into a store and pick up a Samsung Galaxy Ace running 2.3 today. A significant minority of 2.3 based phones are still being sold, especially for budget/Pay As You Go users. This hack will need to remain in the codebase for a significant time.
- kalleboo 14y agoIn addition to what others said about this only applying to already dead versions of Android, this is one of the upsides of distributing apps online. Nobody is installing an old boxed copy of Facebook 2.0 - google can just ask facebook to remove the hack when they've fixed it, and instantly everyone who installs the app it has the fix, and for anyone else the update is a tap away. This wasn't possible with the hacks to keep old Windows/DOS apps running.