Can an application not place images or music in directories on the
device, and have those files persist beyond the persistence of the
app?

On Sep 19, 7:23 am, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 8:12 AM, ayanir <ayanir...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I want to share data between 2 applications.
> > the idea is both applications can write and read the SAME data and
> > there is no dependency which one of the apps is installed or first
> > created the data. I have 2 version of the same app: regular and
> > premium and I don't know which of them will be first installed and
> > both of them can change it.
>
> That will be difficult.
>
> > I tried to use ContentProvider but the problem is that only the first
> > app can create the Provider and when it is uninstalled it deletes that
> > custom Provider.
>
> Correct.
>
> > I want the Content to be kept for the second app.
>
> That is only possible if you store it on external storage.
>
> > Also, I tried to use Settings.System which keeps the data regardless
> > if the application is installed or not but I don't want to use the
> > permission for that (it is very problematic from user perspective).
>
> I have no idea what you are talking about.
>
> > BTW, it seems that I can change ANY of the Settings.System which is
> > not secured from Android OS perspective - but this is a subject for
> > other post.
>
> Correct. The secure ones are in Settings.Secure.
>
> > I see only one left choice using a File for that but, I wanted to know
> > if I can use another way?
>
> A file on external storage is the only thing that survives an
> uninstall and is reachable by two applications.
>
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