Multiple APK Support in Android Market
With multiple APK support, you can now upload multiple versions of an APK for a single product listing, with each one addressing a different subset of your customers. These APKs are complete, independent APKs that share the same package name, but contain code and resources to target different Android platform versions, screen sizes, or GL texture-compression formats. When users download or purchase your app, Android Market chooses the right APK to deliver based on the characteristics of the device.
So, Google’s solution to rampant fragmentation in device features and OS molestation is to make the developer ship multiple versions of the same app on a per device basis? Sounds like an open-faced shit sandwich to me.
Introducing: Tumblr Android App
Built by the same brilliant team behind the Tumblr iPhone App, v1 of the official Tumblr Android App is ready to download!
Click here from your Android phone to install
(or click here to download directly)
We made an Android app! Well, technically Jason and Jamie made an Android app while I watched. What? Isn’t that what bosses are for?
Anyway, here’s some highlights:
- Post text, photos, links, chats, quotes, audio and video
- View your Dashboard
- Reblog and Like
- Kick-ass share menu support. Works from the Gallery app, YouTube app, Browser app and more
- Full advanced post options support
- Post MP3s direct from the device (!)
- Full landscape support
On a side note, we’d like to thank all the folks that helped beta test. We appreciate everyones patience while we work through any bugs that exist in the 1.0. There are a lot more fragmentation issues than with iPhone because of all the different device models and carrier customizations (hey carriers: you should really stop doing this and stick to how Google rolled the Nexus One. For real).
We can’t wait to show you what else we have in store, not only for Android, but the other platforms as well. Stay tuned!
