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Tighten Up Those Apps Or Android 1.5 “Cupcake” May Break Them
by MG Siegler on April 23, 2009

Android developers are obviously excited about the new 1.5 version of the SDK. The so-called “Cupcake” update features several new features and overall improvements. But, “don’t get too excited yet,” a post on the Android developers blog reads today. Apparently, the new release is going to break a number of current apps.

And these aren’t just random apps. Google said it has extensively tested some of the most popular apps in the Android Market, and found that many were broken due to “bad techniques.” As such, it decided to create a list of five things to avoid when building your app — and suggests that anyone who developed an app using Android 1.0 or 1.1 pay attention.

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