Re: [android-developers] Re: Install to sd and alarms

2010-09-26 Thread Prakash Iyer
Would be nice to have this at the instant the user is experiencing the issue as opposed to a separate FAQ. On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 4:23 AM, Doug wrote: > Best advise your users, through your dev page or a FAQ, why you can't > allow "app2sd" when it has a home screen widget or some other > constr

[android-developers] Re: Install to sd and alarms

2010-09-26 Thread Doug
Best advise your users, through your dev page or a FAQ, why you can't allow "app2sd" when it has a home screen widget or some other constraint that prevents it. Ignorant one-star ratings are a fact of life, as far as I can tell. No need to get worked up about it, but do what you can to alleviate t

Re: [android-developers] Re: Install to sd and alarms

2010-09-25 Thread Dianne Hackborn
On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 8:33 AM, Rich wrote: > I'm curious as to why Android has to unmount the SD card at all? Was > this a simple design choice or is it a hardware limitation with USB? > Or something else entirely? > That's how USB mass storage works. The SD card is a FAT filesystem. USB ma

[android-developers] Re: Install to sd and alarms

2010-09-25 Thread Rich
I'm curious as to why Android has to unmount the SD card at all? Was this a simple design choice or is it a hardware limitation with USB? Or something else entirely? On Sep 24, 7:50 pm, Dianne Hackborn wrote: > It's not a marketing thing, it's a basic characteristic of the SD card not > being a

Re: [android-developers] Re: Install to sd and alarms

2010-09-24 Thread Dianne Hackborn
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 6:41 PM, Indicator Veritatis wrote: > Exactly why restricting the feature to "large applications that are > fairly self-contained" is a major marketing blunder. > It's not a marketing thing, it's a basic characteristic of the SD card not being available all the time. --

[android-developers] Re: Install to sd and alarms

2010-09-24 Thread Indicator Veritatis
Exactly why restricting the feature to "large applications that are fairly self-contained" is a major marketing blunder. On Sep 24, 2:07 pm, Peter Sinnott wrote: > On Sep 24, 9:35 pm, Greg Donald wrote: > > > On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 3:28 PM, Dianne Hackborn > > wrote: > > > Apps on SD is mostl

Re: [android-developers] Re: Install to sd and alarms

2010-09-24 Thread Dianne Hackborn
Oh hm, true, it was actually implemented that way. That doesn't seem correct. On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 2:12 PM, Peter Sinnott wrote: > "Note that the packages in this list do not receive this broadcast." > > Possibly I'm misunderstanding something but I took this to mean my app > will not receiv

[android-developers] Re: Install to sd and alarms

2010-09-24 Thread Peter Sinnott
"Note that the packages in this list do not receive this broadcast." Possibly I'm misunderstanding something but I took this to mean my app will not receive the broadcast. On Sep 24, 9:28 pm, Dianne Hackborn wrote: > See here:http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/install-location.html > >

[android-developers] Re: Install to sd and alarms

2010-09-24 Thread Peter Sinnott
On Sep 24, 9:35 pm, Greg Donald wrote: > On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 3:28 PM, Dianne Hackborn wrote: > > Apps on SD is mostly intended for > > large applications that are fairly self-contained (read games and stuff like > > that). > > An app being small doesn't stop users from screaming "Why can't