A month after Google launched the Android
SDK, it looks like unresolved bugs, poor documentation, and the lack of
a public issue-tracking system are causing some developers to say that
the platform "isn't ready for prime time." The lack of solid
documentation and unorganized feedback mechanism asides however, Ars
Technica's Ryan Paul took the SDK for a spin and found that it has a
lot of potential, saying "Despite some of the bugs and limitations in
the API, it is definitely a viable and effective platform for
application development," but that "it doesn't make it easy to create
applications that have a really polished look and feel." Given how much
bake time Android had before the announcement, it's a little strange
that Google let it out the door without at least proper documentation,
but there's still plenty of time -- we're not going to see any Android
devices for another year, after all.
SDK, it looks like unresolved bugs, poor documentation, and the lack of
a public issue-tracking system are causing some developers to say that
the platform "isn't ready for prime time." The lack of solid
documentation and unorganized feedback mechanism asides however, Ars
Technica's Ryan Paul took the SDK for a spin and found that it has a
lot of potential, saying "Despite some of the bugs and limitations in
the API, it is definitely a viable and effective platform for
application development," but that "it doesn't make it easy to create
applications that have a really polished look and feel." Given how much
bake time Android had before the announcement, it's a little strange
that Google let it out the door without at least proper documentation,
but there's still plenty of time -- we're not going to see any Android
devices for another year, after all.
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