Donut=no multitouch

[master.peterm]

Google's bakery-themed codename scheme for Android is a source of endless amusement (and hunger pangs) for bloggers, readers, and users alike, but with just a few builds actually blessed as gold, retail versions at this point, it's not entirely clear how those codenames -- Donut, Eclair, Flan, and so on -- will ultimately map to version numbers. An Android team member, Romain Guy, has jumped in on the official Android Developers Google Group to say that Donut is not 2.0 -- though he hasn't specified what it actually is. Technically, Cupcake wasn't 1.5, though 1.5 ended up being composed largely of improvements made in the Cupcake code branch, so if we had to guess, Google is simply making a similar distinction here -- Donut is nothing but a line of code that's being actively developed, and when it comes time for Android 2.0 to drop, it'll pull much of its changelog from that line. Also interesting is Guy's revelation that Donut doesn't include multitouch support, despite hints from the latest repository that it's in there. Ultimately, we won't know what's happening here until 1.6, 1.7, 2.0, or whatever it's called ends up hitting devices -- but for now, it looks like developers probably shouldn't be getting their hopes up for an open and supported multitouch API just yet.


-engadger mobile

[Iceberg]

Eff it, just be like apple, release the g1 ten million times with better features each time.

[Nexeo]

Except, unlike apple, you don't necessarily buy a new phone to take advantage of all the new features...

[master.peterm]

Hopipfully multitouch happens so we can finnally get really fun games!!
I really don't understand what google is afraid of APPLE NEEDS GOOGLE not the other way around and apple isn't doing crap to the palm pre's screen

[JohnnyLicious]

Cyanogen just cleared it up via his Donut thread.

This is my fault, I was quoted and didn't research enough. There is code in the Android kernel GIT that is a brand new API for multitouch on the Synaptics driver, but there is no code in the Android framework itself to support it yet. I should have dug deeper, but I was just posting off the cuff as I went thru the new code and it snowballed across a dozen different sites. I already apologized to JBQ and Romain

It DOES mean that even if it doesn't ship with whatever they release, us hackers can still use it!

[thunderstruck]

There's not much he can't seem to accomplish. What kills me is we've had more ROM updates in the last week than iPhone users have had in the last 2 years.

[JohnnyLicious]

There's not much he can't seem to accomplish. What kills me is we've had more ROM updates in the last week than Apple users have had in the last 2 years.

ahhaah iphone = failed

but i love apple macbooks =D

[thunderstruck]

I love Mac too, on it right now, but Apple needs to cut the crap with being so closed with the iPhone to get people like us to use it. My neighbor downstairs said the same thing when we were talking about phones-he's an admin at a local college. When I showed him the terminal with root I thought he was going to faint.

[bjb_nyj101]

I love Mac too, on it right now, but Apple needs to cut the crap with being so closed with the iPhone to get people like us to use it.

You can't do much more customization to an un-rooted Android device, than you can with an un-jailbroken iPhone.

And last time I checked, the G1 took nearly 10 months to reach 1 million users, while the iPhone 3G sold that many units during its launch weekend...

I think apple is doing just fine without people like you

[irispen]

You can't do much more customization to an un-rooted Android device, than you can with an un-jailbroken iPhone.

And last time I checked, the G1 took nearly 10 months to reach 1 million users, while the iPhone 3G sold that many units during its launch weekend...

I think apple is doing just fine without people like you

i think it is different...
the hype in Iphone are just too much.