Very true. I wouldn't want a bunch of orphaned data on my device.
On Oct 2, 9:46 am, Marco Nelissen <[email protected]> wrote:
> The other side of that of course is that persistent storage like you
> describe would allow the phone to be filled with data that the user
> has no visibility in to and no way to remove.
>
> On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 9:32 AM, chrisoz <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Interesting!
>
> > Our appplication on windows mobile gives the user 7 days trial before
> > a licence must be bought. So the date needs to be stored on the
> > device. If not, the user might uninstall the app, install again and
> > get another 7 days trial and so on.
>
> > This illustrates how Windows Mobile makes it possible to implement
> > individual copy protection regimes. It seems issues such as these has
> > not been a priority for the android designers.
>
> > I played with the idea of using eg. the contacts content provider to
> > create a dummy contact where data could be stored. Obviously, not only
> > being annoying for the user, there's nothing to stop the user from
> > deleting the contact.
>
> > I think this will be an issue for more enterprise developers than our
> > small company.
>
> > On 2 Okt, 17:38, "nEx.Software" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> I'd say your options are:
>
> >> 1) Save the data to the SD Card (Easiest, but as you said, fragile.)
> >> 2) Save the data to the Web. (Not so easy, would be hard to work with
> >> from other applications.)
> >> 3) Provide the Content Provider as a separate application. (More work,
> >> more complicated for end-user, but might suit your needs.)
>
> >> Many of the in-built applications have separate content providers
> >> (such as Contacts), but this doesn't present an issue for the user
> >> because they did not have to install them and, for the purpose of this
> >> discussion, the user cannot uninstall them. Might I ask... Why do you
> >> need to persist the data after the application is uninstalled?
>
> >> On Oct 2, 8:29 am, chrisoz <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >> > My application needs to store some application specific data on the
> >> > device that persist, even when the app is uninstalled. Using files or
> >> > databases is not possible as they are deleted with the app when the
> >> > app is uninstalled. Storing it on an SD-card is too fragile. It is my
> >> > understanding Content Providers also are deleted with their parent
> >> > app?
>
> >> > How can this be achieved?– Skjul sitert tekst –
>
> >> – Vis sitert tekst –
>
>
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