I have the same question too. What is the use-case for exposing MemoryFile without an API to get the File descriptor (to pass to another process) or a way to allow access from another process?
On Jun 23, 2:13 pm, Alec <gorje...@gmail.com> wrote: > I tested the MemoryFile between threads just to make sure I was doing > it correctly. My hope is to send data between processes using shared > memory. It seems to defeat the purpose of shared memory to NOT be > able to map memory between two separate apps. That's why they call it > shared. Is this going to be supported in the near future? > > On Jun 23, 2:17 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > > > Also, fwiw, there is no reason to use a MemoryFile to share between two > > threads -- you can just make any object and share it between them. > > > On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Marco Nelissen <marc...@android.com>wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 1:29 PM, Alec <gorje...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Hi, > > > >> I've been able to send data via shared memory between threads within a > > >> process using MemoryFile. I then tried to send data between a service > > >> and an activity in different processes, but the data did not get > > >> passed. The name for each call the MemoryFile's constructor was the > > >> same. Is it possible to share data between processes using a > > >> MemoryFile? > > > > Two MemoryFiles with the same name don't automatically map to the same > > > area. > > > Currently the only way to use a MemoryFile across processes is to use > > > hidden APIs, which you shouldn't do. > > > -- > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
