Relevant bug for this discussion is here: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-285
I've written / read files to this location using the "File Explorer" view built into Eclipse's ADT. On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 7:10 PM, Jesse <purplecabb...@gmail.com> wrote: > seems to me, temp should be whatever is returned by getCacheDir > and persistent should be Internal Storage [1] > > AFAIK all other platforms consider the file storage location to be private > to the application. > > [1] > > http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/data/data-storage.html#filesInternal > > On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Joe Bowser <bows...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Fil and I were working on this issue today: > > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-2494 > > > > This code writes the LICENCE file to /mnt/shell/emulated/0 on Android, > > which is some unknown location that isn't accessible using the crappy > > Android File Transfer app. I have no idea what the relationship > > between this folder and the other Android folders are other than the > > fact that we can write to it. > > > > So, this brings us back to the whole issue that labels like PERSISTANT > > and TEMPORARY make no sense on Android, and that we have to revisit > > this again. > > > > So, here are my questions: > > 1. Where does stuff get written? > > 2. Where should stuff get written? > > 3. Where do we want stuff to get written? > > 4. Can we offer feedback saying how broken this stupid spec is? > > 5. How do we fix this without pissing off our users, who may think > > this is working properly? > > > > > > -- > @purplecabbage > risingj.com >
