Comments on: Google Releases Stand-alone Calendar App to the Play Store

By: peter smith

peter smith — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 04:04:00 +0000

I agree with you .. but i think this is different to others.

By: Inquizitor

Inquizitor — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 16:31:00 +0000

I don’t really see the point, and it kind of screws over people using Android but not Google Apps.

By: Adam Truelove

Adam Truelove — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:55:00 +0000

I see what you’re saying. Is there no way to do both?

By: Inquizitor

Inquizitor — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 23:16:00 +0000

Precisely because of comments like the ones on here of those on ROMs like AOKP and now have two Calendar apps. Any app Google produces through the Play Store is a proprietary Google app that isn’t included open-source as a part of AOSP. Apps like Talk and Calendar do belong in the store because they aren’t open source, but things like Phone, Camera, and Messaging are all not proprietary. They’re pretty necessary for AOSP to be a functional OS without the Play store, and therefore need to remain baked in.

By: JetBlue

JetBlue — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 21:37:00 +0000

Just when I was about to download this. *sigh* for me buying the LG Revolution one of the worst Android phones.

By: Adam Truelove

Adam Truelove — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 19:30:00 +0000

Why would moving them to the play store make them more buggy than having them exclusively part of the OS/Gapps? Moving them to the play store simply gives Google the option to improve them.

By: Inquizitor

Inquizitor — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 19:26:00 +0000

Phone, Messaging, Camera, Calculator, Clock, and Settings all need to be core apps that remain baked into the OS. They’re pretty essential stuff, and can’t risk have bugged updates or some errors occurring when trying to install an update over the original app (especially phone, messaging, camera, and settings).

By: Inquizitor

Inquizitor — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 19:25:00 +0000

Meh, it’s not a big deal. Just disable the old Calendar app and then use the play store version.

By: Adam Truelove

Adam Truelove — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:57:00 +0000

“AOKP”

There’s your problem right there. Stock or stock based ROMs (like BB) don’t have this problem. Perhaps someone else can explain in more detail but I believe it has something to do with how those ROMs handle the core apps.

By: jazzruby

jazzruby — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:56:00 +0000

Some ROMs will have Calendar with a pkg name com.android.calendar and some with com.google.android.calendar.

Although they are essentially the same base app; having different pkg names will create 2 separate apps.

So, if you currently have a Calendar with a pkg name of com.android.calendar then you will see an install button and com.google.android.calendar will show an update button.

The one in the play store is com.google.android.calendar.

By: FortitudineVincimus

FortitudineVincimus — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:27:00 +0000

that app kicks the sh1t out of the Google app. It is worth the coin.

By: Adam Truelove

Adam Truelove — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:02:00 +0000

Sorry, Kindle is not an Android tablet. It is Android based, but it’s not an Android tablet.

By: Adam Truelove

Adam Truelove — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:01:00 +0000

And that’s iOS, not Android. Just because something is possible in one OS, doesn’t mean it’s possible in another. Remember, iOS doesn’t have widgets so maybe they have dynamic app icons, though I’ve never heard about this.

By: Adam Truelove

Adam Truelove — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:00:00 +0000

Unless Drammer62 wants the icon for the actual app to change, like in the app drawer, not just a widget.

By: CARPDM

CARPDM — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:58:00 +0000

So I downloaded Calendar app from Play store, but didn’t replace old Calendar app? I have 2 Calendar apps, why is that? I’m on AOKP build4, GNex