Picasa access in android: PicasaUploadActivity

Question

I am new to Android, and I'm struggling to figure out exactly what tools are available to me. I am developing for android 2.0.1 for now, just because that is what my device runs.

Specifically, I am writing an app that I would like to upload images to a picasa album. I am almost sure this is supported; for example, the built in (google?) photo viewer has a 'share' button with a picasa option, and even a small bit of sample code, including the snippet

[borrowed code! apologies if this is against the rules..]

temp.setComponent(new ComponentName 
("com.google.android.apps.uploader", 
"com.google.android.apps.uploader.picasa.PicasaUploadActivity")); 
startActivityForResult(temp, PICASA_INTENT) 

which looks like exactly what I want.
But I can find no documentation anywhere. I am in fact quite unclear how to use this type of resource. From within eclipse, do I need to include another project, com.google.android.apps.uploader? If so, how do I get it? How do I include it? Is there any working sample code provided for me to peer at?

Answer 1

see android-developers: picasa:

I havent found any docs, but u can make use of the built-in picasa app (if u r workin in 1.5) to upload ur photos to picasa web albums, but one limitation is that u dont hv the control of signing in and signing out... it uses the google account registered with the phone curently... if ur interested i can give u sm sample codes...

So there is no docs, you just Re-using an Activity of existing app.