Corona support for Android M release this fall

Solar2D Android
#1

Google announced some features from the M release of Android at the I/O conference today; those include:

  • Permissions requested at runtime (much like iOS)
  • Android Pay and Fingerprint
  • Support for deep linking into an app via the new autoVerify attribute in the app manifest

A preview M release is available for download:

http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2015/05/android-m-developer-preview-tools.html

Can Corona staff give developers guidance on what M features will be supported?

My impression is that Corona management has made a policy decision not to prioritize features that are not part of “Core Corona” – the physics engine and other game stuff… So we shouldn’t get our hopes up.

#2

I think its early to guess at what we will support.  We are going over the Google IO conference features like you are.

Rob

#3

I think its early to guess at what we will support.  We are going over the Google IO conference features like you are.

Rob

#4

Rob: It’s been four months since this thread began. Can you give us an update on supporting Android’s new permissions model (and some of the other features)? Corona needs to update the framework to stay compliant with Android.

#5

Adding support for a new version of Android is a very difficult thing in particular when things like the entire permission model changing.  We still have to support a bazillion older models. We also, like iOS, need to wait until the new OS is close to release so we don’t spend several months chasing Google and Apple’s bugs.

Engineering is working on Android 6 support in particular the permission parts. 

As for things like fingerprint, Google Pay, we don’t provide facilities on iOS for those either. Now that the plugin store is open, the community is more than welcome to provide features before we can get to them.

Rob

#6

Rob: It’s been four months since this thread began. Can you give us an update on supporting Android’s new permissions model (and some of the other features)? Corona needs to update the framework to stay compliant with Android.

#7

Adding support for a new version of Android is a very difficult thing in particular when things like the entire permission model changing.  We still have to support a bazillion older models. We also, like iOS, need to wait until the new OS is close to release so we don’t spend several months chasing Google and Apple’s bugs.

Engineering is working on Android 6 support in particular the permission parts. 

As for things like fingerprint, Google Pay, we don’t provide facilities on iOS for those either. Now that the plugin store is open, the community is more than welcome to provide features before we can get to them.

Rob