On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 9:24 AM, Joseph Earl <joseph.w.e...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Any chance you guys are working a solution for large applications that > will work across Android 1.5-2.1? > No those platforms are already exist; it would make no sense to modify them to support new features. > Currently the only secure way of doing it is by targeting Froyo only > (using 8 as minSdkVersion) - however it will be at least a year, more > likely 3, before this an acceptable solution to present to my clients > as they obviously want to target as large a market share as possible. > You don't need to use minSdkVersion; you should use targetSdkVersion to say you are Froyo compatible, and devices on 2.2 and up can install it on the SD card. This doesn't make you incompatible with older platforms. (In fact you don't need to do that -- you can set min/target SDK to whatever you want, and just need to compile against the 2.2 SDK so you can use the new manifest attribute.) > 3) There is no security on the data stored on the SD card unless the > files are manually obfuscated or encrypted. > Putting an app on SD card with 2.2 doesn't prevent others from reading it. In fact, as the announcement about the licensing server says, we are moving completely away from forward-locking (read-protecting) apps. If apps feel the need to protect their data, they can encrypt it themselves. -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer hack...@android.com Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
