Yes, this is very inconvenient. Does google want to kill all the third party developers?
On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 12:21 PM, Nathan <nathan.d.mel...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Thursday, February 20, 2014 5:25:28 PM UTC-8, Nathan wrote: >> >> >> >> There is a chance that if I directed my users to use: >> Android/data/com.example.foo/ on external storage devices that they might >> be able to use their valued card. >> >> However, that is difficult to test as I don't have one of the target >> devices, much less all of them. >> > > Another snag with that idea I had. Based on this API, those files will get > wiped if the app is uninstalled. > > Very undesirable if the user uninstalled and reinstalled and loses > valuable data. > > Nathan > public abstract > File[]<https://developer.android.com/reference/java/io/File.html> > getExternalFilesDirs > (String<https://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/String.html> > type) > Added in API level > 19<https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels> > > Returns absolute paths to application-specific directories on all external > storage devices where the application can place persistent files it owns. > These files are internal to the application, and not typically visible to > the user as media. > > This is like > getFilesDir()<https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Context.html#getFilesDir()> > in that these files will be deleted when the application is uninstalled, > however there are some important differences: > > > -- > 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 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
