Yes, I understand that this is the position I am in, and I have to
adapt to that.
My point was more that although there is no explicit law requiring
home screens to support animations, from my reading of the CTD there
is also no explicit law requiring views in normal Activities to
support animations, but I think there would be a lot of complaints
from developers if those kind of animations suddenly stopped working
in the latest handsets.
But having said that I realise I am on shaky ground here... as we are
talking about homescreen apps which are not part of the framework per
se. However, from the user's point of view (who I would guess in 99%
of cases use the Home screen which came with their phone), it is part
of the framework, they would naturally think it is due to that phones
implementation of Android, rather than understanding it is the Home
screen app itself.
Anyway, it is what it is, so back to work...
Regards
James
On Jan 14, 7:51 pm, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 5:21 AM, Dusk Jockeys Android Apps
>
> <duskjock...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > from my point of view the animation is part
> > of the functionality, as it is the raison d'etre of the app...
>
> As Ms. Hackborn pointed out, there is no law requiring home screens to
> support animations. *Any* home screen, whether written by a device
> manufacturer or an independent developer, might elect to suppress your
> animations (e.g., a PowerSaver brand home screen that specifically
> disables certain things, like app widget animations, to save battery
> life).
>
> Hence, from your USP standpoint, you need to de-emphasize animations,
> or point out that they work only with compliant home screens.
>
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