To follow up in case it's useful to someone else: I ended up doing my testing with two devices using the same google account. IE force a backup from one device, then do a factory reset on a second device and see if the the data gets restored with the app is first installed on the second device.
On Thursday, October 11, 2012 9:04:52 PM UTC-4, Chris Grebeldinger wrote: > > In the documentation: > http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/data/backup.html#Testing > > It recommends testing backup/restore of your application by: > 1. installing your app > 2. make sure backup/restore is enabled > 3. changing some data and calling dataChanged() > 4. forcing bmgr to run a backup pass > 5. uninstall the app > 6. re-install the app and check if your data was restored > > All seems well until step 4, when I see this in the log: > > V/BackupManagerService( 306): removePackageParticipantsLocked: uid=10078 > #1 > V/BackupManagerService( 306): Removing backed-up knowledge of > com.example.app > > And then for step 5: > > V/BackupManagerService( 306): restoreAtInstall > pkg=com.example.app token=21 > V/BackupManagerService( 306): No restore set -- skipping restore > > So apparently backed up data is destroyed when an app is uninstalled, > which means the official testing workflow can't possibly work right? > What's the best way to test this? > > Thank in advance > > -- 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, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
