Sprint Launches Android Developer Tools
I'm curious where carriers get the idea. . .
I'm curious where carriers get the idea that Android apps need to be made to work on they're network. Apps are made to work on a perticular OS, not a perticular carrier! People who own an Android device on Sprint should have an exact same experience with apps as those who own Android devices on Tmo.
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Not entirely true....
I am sure that things like Sprint TV, Sprint Nascar and NFL Mobile need to access things on the Sprint network to function. Sprint doesn't want people (like XDA Developers) to port these apps to work on other carriers. They need to "phone home" somehow on Sprint's network.
Sprint could offer access to these network resources and API's to third parties.... especially if they are making certain apps EXCLUSIVE to Sprint's Android devices.
I am sure that things like Sprint TV, Sprint Nascar and NFL Mobile need to access things on the Sprint network to function. Sprint doesn't want people (like XDA Developers) to port these apps to work on other carriers. They need to "phone home" somehow on Sprint's network.
Sprint could offer access to these network resources and API's to third parties.... especially if they are making certain apps EXCLUSIVE to Sprint's Android devices.
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"People who own an Android device on Sprint should have an exact same experience with apps as those who own Android devices on Tmo"
...only that they'll access net data way faster and more reliably... but fundamentally the same indeed.
...only that they'll access net data way faster and more reliably... but fundamentally the same indeed.
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My impression is that Sprint is mostly courting Sprint developers to develop for Android, not the other way around.
However there are some services that are unique to Sprint - or work slightly differently with Sprint - that all Android developers should test for, and this is for that, too. Sprint lists these services as "location-based services, messaging, Geofence and more".
However there are some services that are unique to Sprint - or work slightly differently with Sprint - that all Android developers should test for, and this is for that, too. Sprint lists these services as "location-based services, messaging, Geofence and more".
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