Speaking of Android: Google Offers Devs Tips for Prepping for Android 1.5

I haven’t looked at any Android apps since I returned my T-Mobile G1 last year for a refund. But, I’m still hoping either a future Android-based phone or the Palm Pre offers the iPhone some much needed competition going forward. That means, that both platforms will need some killer apps. And, Android developers need to think about migrating there code from Android 1.0/1.1 to 1.5. Google’s Android Developers blog provides development techniques to AVOID here…

Future-Proofing Your Apps

AVOID:
1. Using internal APIs
2. Directly manipulating strings
3. Going overboard with layouts
4. Bad hardware assumptions
5. Incautious rotations

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