This is a followup to Matt's question Questions that are on the fence between development and power use In that question, there is a general agreement that we "keep a big tent" and allow some types of Android development questions. This meta question seeks to establish a line between Android Development questions that should be accepted here and questions which are definitely off topic.
It has been acknowledged from time to time that certain development questions are best fit in Android.SE than StackOverflow or Programmers.SE; when we closed those sort of questions here and send it to SO, they often get closed again on SO and get sent back to us. Getting ping-ponged like that feels just like those crappy customer service (we can do better than those poor guys, can't we?). Additionally, as Matt pointed in Questions that are on the fence between development and power use, developers are often very well suited to answer certain definitely-on-topic questions, so it is best for A.SE to attract some Android developers. However, we also do not want this to be a full-fledged developer site.
Here's what I think:
Development Question to keep at Android.SE:
- How do I upload apps to Market?
- What programming/scripting languages can I use to program for Android?
When is Android x.x SDK going to be released?(as GAThrawn pointed out, this question is speculative since Google usually do not announces their SDK release dates)- What API Level/SDK version is feature X introduced?
- How to use developer tool X (e.g. ADB) for non-developer use Y (e.g. side-loading apps)
- How to use {Android-specific shell command (e.g. pm, am)}?
- How to change X in custom ROM Y?
Borderline (determine on case-by-case basis):
- Why does program X, which says it received Intent Y, is not receiving my Intent Y?
- Why is my GPS application not getting good location in Android X, though it worked perfectly in Android Y?
Development Question to migrate to somewhere else:
- Help me figure out how to write this algorithm for my Android app (off-topic to Stackoverflow)
- How do I write {syntax X} in my Java Android program (off-topic to Stackoverflow)
- Which is the better UI (off-topic to UI.SE)
- How to use {linux shell command (e.g. toolbox/busybox commands)}? (Unix.SE)
Bad SE question:
- As Android users, what do you think of application doing X or doing Y? (market research, close and suggest discussion forums or reddits)
What do you think? Anything you disagree with?
