Android Cupcake Update May Break Apps

It looks like the highly-anticipated Android 1.5 Cupcake update might cause a problem or two for certain existing Apps. Google has tested a number of popular Android apps that are available on the Android Market, and discovered that a large number of them were broken due to “bad techniques” whilst in development. Google has since created a list of 5 things to avoid when building an Android app, which are:

• Using Internal APIs
• Directly Manipulating Settings
• Going Overboard with Layouts
• Bad Hardware Assumptions
• Incautious Rotations