Thanks for the answer and I'm glad that it is NO. As for the complexity, when I first began developing for android I recall it took me less than a half hour to get the Hello Google Maps app working. I've already spent 6 hours on https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/start#installing_the_google_maps_android_v2_api and still can't get it to work. This guy: http://nlabs.wordpress.com/2012/12/13/the_maps_sample_from_google_play_services/ that has a tutorial to the tutorial said it took him two days to finally get it to work. I'll put in another 8 hours today trying to get it to work. The problem may not be complexity of the framework. Most tutorials for Android lack specificity and there is usually never a "download working project" option (as there is in your book). Thanks, Gary
On Friday, February 8, 2013 5:21:39 PM UTC-7, Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) wrote: > On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 7:08 PM, ga...@deanblakely.com <javascript:> > <ga...@deanblakely.com <javascript:>> wrote: > > I see that v2 appears an order of magnitude more complex > > Actually, I found it to be simpler, at least for many operations, once > you get past the "is the Play Services Framework installed?" hassle. > Drag and drop, for example, is an order of magnitude easier to > implement. > > > Since google play services are needed does that mean that my app will > only > > be able to be distributed on google play and not, say, be distributed > from > > my own web site? > > No. It means that the device needs the Play Services Framework, > whether that is part of the firmware or installed off the Play Store. > > > Is this a move by google to force apps to be distributed > > only via google play? > > No. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy > http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > In questi siti web puoi chiedere o rispondere a domande relative allo > sviluppo di applicazioni Android: http://www.andglobe.com > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
