Re: [android-developers] Re: How to store a timestamp to the sd card?

2011-02-05 Thread Mark Murphy
You don't read in a byte vector. You read in a string. You convert the string to a long. You really need to back off of Android development for a while and learn Java. On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 9:08 AM, MobileVisuals eyv...@astralvisuals.com wrote: I tried the printwriter and I can use it to write

[android-developers] Re: How to store a timestamp to the sd card?

2011-02-05 Thread MobileVisuals
I tried the printwriter and I can use it to write the information as a String. But how can I read this information to extract it as a long? I tried in = new FileInputStream(fileLocation); in.read(readData); //readData is a byte vector String readString=new String(readData); but this does not

[android-developers] Re: How to store a timestamp to the sd card?

2011-02-05 Thread MobileVisuals
I saw your posting about the DataOutputstream now, so I try that instead of PrintWriter. I know that these files can be changed by users, but most people don'tknow how to do that. Do you know a better idea for a trial version? I don't have time for a server based solution. On Feb 5, 9:52 am,

Re: [android-developers] Re: How to store a timestamp to the sd card?

2011-02-05 Thread Kostya Vasilyev
The very least you can do is use application-specific storage for your timestamp value. The memory card is accessible and writable by anyone, including other applications and the user, and storing the timestamp as text is practically begging for someone to mess with it. I'd suggest you use

Re: [android-developers] Re: How to store a timestamp to the sd card?

2011-02-05 Thread Marcin Orlowski
On 5 February 2011 15:35, Kostya Vasilyev kmans...@gmail.com wrote: The memory card is accessible and writable by anyone, including other applications and the user, and storing the timestamp as text is practically begging for someone to mess with it. Not fully agreee. If you do this right

Re: [android-developers] Re: How to store a timestamp to the sd card?

2011-02-05 Thread Kostya Vasilyev
05.02.2011 17:46, Marcin Orlowski пишет: On 5 February 2011 15:35, Kostya Vasilyevkmans...@gmail.com wrote: The memory card is accessible and writable by anyone, including other applications and the user, and storing the timestamp as text is practically begging for someone to mess with it.

Re: [android-developers] Re: How to store a timestamp to the sd card?

2011-02-05 Thread Marcin Orlowski
On 5 February 2011 16:08, Kostya Vasilyev kmans...@gmail.com wrote: A secret file location can be easily discovered by someone who is able to run strace (== rooted firmware), which then can be shared, or exploited by an unlocker application. If anyone start sniffing with strace then