Message from discussion
Wi-Fi switch suggestion and exit request.
MIME-Version: 1.0
Received: by 10.151.141.8 with SMTP id t8mr506655ybn.6.1241310759954; Sat, 02
May 2009 17:32:39 -0700 (PDT)
Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 17:32:39 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <2c0d4f69-6ae9-4c22-b4fe-6df0eddfa87f@a5g2000pre.googlegroups.com>
X-IP: 76.105.130.136
References: <54d5d74a-430f-48f6-9db0-7a64f213dae5@v1g2000prd.googlegroups.com>
<6fe8fda3-a2fe-4952-86a7-8fe3abf0101f@s1g2000prd.googlegroups.com>
<619a4d85-383b-487f-87c2-ac43858360ee@x31g2000prc.googlegroups.com>
<db2f36e1-6502-40ba-8300-b1b6454183ea@y33g2000prg.googlegroups.com>
<2c0d4f69-6ae9-4c22-b4fe-6df0eddfa87f@a5g2000pre.googlegroups.com>
User-Agent: G2/1.0
X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; en-US;
rv:1.9.0.9) Gecko/2009040820 Firefox/3.0.9,gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe)
Message-ID: <a6cbe375-1a31-4fd5-96de-723d353f16c2@d25g2000prn.googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: Wi-Fi switch suggestion and exit request.
From: taa1 <starman...@gmail.com>
To: SteelAndroid <steelandroid@googlegroups.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Oh no, say it isn't so, Google! Ugh. (P.S. Thanks for the link.)
On May 1, 8:16=A0am, kolbysoft <kolbys...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Here, to fully appreciate the developer sentiment, read the whole
> discussion, including the replies from Google:http://groups.google.com/gr=
oup/android-developers/browse_thread/threa...
>
> Michael
>
> On May 1, 10:38=A0am, cebweb <ceb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Well that is crap. Did they give a reason? Can I get a link?
>
> > On May 1, 8:00=A0am, kolbysoft <kolbys...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Sad but true, all hail our engineering mastermind overlords at G.
>
> > > Michael
>
> > > On May 1, 8:26=A0am, schwiz <sch...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > google is taking away the ability for developers to switch things l=
ike
> > > > wifi on and off in the cupcake patch which is being rolled out any
> > > > day. =A0>:(
>
> > > > On Apr 30, 10:08=A0pm, cebweb <ceb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > I was wondering how hard it would be to implement an option for s=
teel
> > > > > to enable WI-FI when launched and then turn it off again when usi=
ng
> > > > > the exit command. I am picturing something like the half dozen "q=
uick
> > > > > settings" programs out there but integrated into steel as to not =
worry
> > > > > about opening another program. Ideally I imagine a stand alone pr=
ogram
> > > > > that will run in the background and scan for user specified
> > > > > applications. If those apps are launched it activates WI-FI for t=
he
> > > > > period of time that app is being used, but that is a whole other
> > > > > barrel of fish and a more complicated. Also could a long press on=
the
> > > > > back button activate the exit steel command? Using the same style=
of
> > > > > command that the home key uses to access 'recent applications'.
> > > > > Currently I am spamming the back button or opening a new window j=
ust