Saturday, September 4, 2010

[android-developers] Re: Google TV applications

I'm aware of how to make an app Google TV ready. I'm unhappy that
certain companies are being given the ability to get their app on
google tv devices before the market is available. This puts apps that
have to wait for the market at a huge disadvantage.

On Sep 4, 12:43 pm, Michael MacDonald <googlec...@antlersoft.com>
wrote:
> On 09/04/10 08:55, ben wrote:> I've seen a few preview videos of Google TV pop up on the internet. I
> > noticed they contained several apps such as GameTime and the Weather
> > Channel. I was wondering how this is possible since there's no API yet
> > and no announcement of one from Google.
>
> > It's going to make awfully difficult for people to compete with
> > companies such as the Weather Channel if they're being given special
> > treatment from Google by getting the ability to launch on the device.
> > I really hope this isn't the case.
>
> The API is going to be very similar to the existing Android API.  If you
> want your app to be Google TV ready, make sure it will work on large
> screens and without a touch interface (it must support trackballs and
> DPad sensibly)

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