On Tuesday, April 17, 2012 4:19:19 PM UTC-7, Dianne Hackborn wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Nathan wrote: > >> On Monday, April 16, 2012 7:07:33 PM UTC-7, Dianne Hackborn wrote: >> >>> On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 8:56 AM, digi owl wrote: >>> >>>> looking at the 3.2 platform API changes, it appears that Google wants >>>> developers to access SD cards via either MeidaStore or the MTP API: >>>> https://developer.android.com/**sdk/android-3.2.html<https://developer.android.com/sdk/android-3.2.html> >>>> >>>> https://developer.android.com/**reference/android/mtp/package-** >>>> summary.html<https://developer.android.com/reference/android/mtp/package-summary.html> >>>> >>>> https://developer.android.com/**reference/android/provider/** >>>> MediaStore.html<https://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/MediaStore.html> >>> >>> >>> I don't know I'd include MTP in this, but yes for apps MediaStore allows >>> you to query across whatever storage is being aggregated by the device. >>> Note that for everything except the primary external storage partition, >>> you should expect to only have write access to the files. >>> >>> Did you mean to say that we should assume only *read access* to the >> files? Is that because of some platform guidance, because of the >> manufacturers' philosophy, or neither, just the way it is? >> > > Gah, very sorry, yes I meant READ access. >
And is the READ access due to a decision by the manufacturer, or is it the Android standard as of 3.2? I just need to know what to tell my customers. Nathan -- 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
