[android-developers] Re: how to make two apks install at the same place

2010-01-17 Thread guiha...@gmail.com
Thanks. Not a big problem for me because my software requires 1.6. cheers guich -- 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, s

[android-developers] Re: how to make two apks install at the same place

2010-01-17 Thread Lance Nanek
The one time I needed shareUserId for something this bug scared me out of using it: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=2773 Android 1.5 is still 31% of the market, unfortunately: http://developer.android.com/resources/dashboard/platform-versions.html On Jan 17, 8:27 am, "guiha...@g

[android-developers] Re: how to make two apks install at the same place

2010-01-17 Thread guiha...@gmail.com
Answering my own question: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/R.attr.html#sharedUserId .. says that many packages can share the same id. So, i would suggest that the document should be updated to inform that, instead of saying that only 2 are allowed. regards guichh -- You recei

[android-developers] Re: how to make two apks install at the same place

2010-01-17 Thread guiha...@gmail.com
Thanks, very good document. I have a question: "Note that in order to retain security, only two applications signed with the same signature (and requesting the same sharedUserId) will be given the same user ID" Does this means that its impossible to have 3 or more applications sharing the same us

[android-developers] Re: how to make two apks install at the same place

2010-01-15 Thread Brion Emde
You might benefit from reading the article on Security & Permissions: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/security/security.html Each Android application corresponds to a User in Unix. If you want to share files between different applications, you can do that. It is explained in that article