Please support XMPP in Android. - Android Developers

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fry

More options Feb 15, 1:19 pm

From: fry <bender...@gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:19:04 -0800 (PST)

Local: Fri, Feb 15 2008 1:19 pm

Subject: Re: Please support XMPP in Android.

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Agree, I would like to see googletalk as default IM application on
adroid platform, but I thought that it would be installed as separate
application (or set of API) on the platform and would use
"com.google.android.xmppService" package classes like all other 3rtd
party programs - remember "All applications are equal" from the
introduction video of Android platform.

"com.google.android.xmppService" - is a generic API for XMPP access -
just like org.apache.http.* package for comfortable work with HTTP.
GTalk should be built over this API separately, even if it would be
included in the main platform (and as I have said, I would like to see
it there - just like API for SMS and MMS access).

If I would like to create my own Jabber IM client, it would be weird
if I have to build it over API of another IM client (gtalk) - even if
"com.google.android.gtalkservice" would contain same classes as
"com.google.android.xmppService" did, it would still look weird.

On Feb 15, 7:03 pm, Muthu Ramadoss <muthu.ramad...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,

> Lots of developers were excited about XMPP support in Android and were
> going crazy building peer to peer messaging services for Android. I
> personally was building a Twitter like service for Android. But with
> the latest announcement of plans with GTalk going native, many
> developers like me are forced to fallback on http, rest etc.,

> Let me explain how its affecting developers like us. Now instead of
> letting a free Jabber server doing the work for me, I'm forced to
> write my own REST server. Its not just a matter of falling back on
> alternate protocols but now we need to build the server components and
> all the mundane logic from scratch. Imagine for example building the
> twitter bot from scratch. Its a total waste of time and effort.

> People like me were attracted by the OpenSource ideology that Android
> stood for. Please do put XMPP support back on so we can continue
> building killer apps for Android. Trust in developers like us, We'll
> deliver.

> Thanks.

> Muthu Ramadoss
> intellibitz.com
> We develop open source solutions for mobile handsets, using Android.

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