Does "Clear Data" restore the preferences to their default state?
On Oct 25, 9:37 am, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 9:20 PM, Bret > Foremanbegin_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting<bret.fore...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > Since most apps of even moderate complexity make liberal use of the > > preferences database and also SQLite, restarting the app isn't going > > to produces a known good state. A real factory reset is not going to > > happen without either some complex re-init code in the app or else a > > reinstall. > > If you want to reset the app to its install state, hit "Clear Data." > (Admittedly there is a hole here in that this doesn't remove files it > created on external storage.) > > -- > 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
