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Google releases Android anti-fragmentation kit
Android fragmentation is once again being talked about (was it ever not?), only this time it's because Google has released a new compatibility pack which helps developers combat fragmentation-related issues.The new static library allows access to the Honeycomb Fragments API -- which lets developers produce resolution independent apps -- on any device running Android 1.6 or better, from diminutive paygo phones to 10.1" tablets.
Interested developers can grab Android Compatibility Pack via the SDK Updater.
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Subscribe to commentsbillobobMar 4th 2011 1:46PM
isn't the more logical solution here to just have requirements for carriers to update their phones within a certain amount of time after a new android release, and do so until two years after the phone is release?
Anthony S.Mar 4th 2011 4:49PM
@billobob Still wouldn't matter since Android apps have to be built for a specific platform (not only the version of Android, but also the screen resolution, among other things).
comctrl6Mar 4th 2011 6:48PM
Wow, just wow! What you have reported and linked to has absolute nothing to do with fragmentation of the Android platform. The fragments API is a new mechanism in Honeycomb to create different "fragments" of a view in different orientations and screen sizes for tablet devices. This new API that you are referring to here, is a way to get the same functionality on older versions of Android. This has absolute, emphatically, 100% nothing to do with having to support all the different hardware configuration and OS version when developing an Android app.
Just because the word "fragment" is used in the API documentation, it doesn't mean the intended purpose was to address the completely separate issue of hardware/software fragmentation. I bet you got lost a lot as a child, since you would just go home with random strangers because they "sounded" and "looked" like your parents.