On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 7:24 PM, swebb99 <[email protected]> wrote: > the problem with this is > you need to make sure that the customer always purchases the app with > the provider first!!!
Correct. Content providers for inter-app data sharing can work well when there is a clear hierarchy (e.g., app plus plugins, where the plugins have no meaning outside the app), or where the content provider is not essential (so if the provider does not exist, an app still has utility, just lacking some optional feature(s)). > Do all devices have external storage for instance Yes. It is occasionally unavailable on Android 1.x and 2.x -- if it is mounted as a drive on a host PC, it is unavailable to apps. This is not a problem on Android 3.x and 4.x, due to some changes in the way devices share files with the host PC. http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/data/data-storage.html#filesExternal > also > can databases be created and managed in external storage? Yes. I have not tried accessing the same SQLite database from multiple processes via external storage. In principle it should work, as Rails uses SQLite across processes that way, though I don't know if the peculiarities of external storage (e.g., FAT32 on Android 1.x and 2.x) will pose any problems. However, as Kristopher suggested, it is unclear whether it is in your best interests to make this be multiple apps. For example, if your objective is to get paid multiple times, have one app and use in-app purchasing to unlock the additional features. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy _The Busy Coder's Guide to *Advanced* Android Development_ Version 2.1 Available! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
