[android-developers] Re: relocating webview cache using softlinks

2009-10-05 Thread Mark Murphy
> Now that I have implemented a new caching mechanism for ReaderScope that > is independent of WebView, the added control looks like a big advantage. > > Thanks for the advice. You're very welcome. Best of luck, um, scoping your readers, or whatever. ;-) -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://co

[android-developers] Re: relocating webview cache using softlinks

2009-10-05 Thread Jayesh Salvi
> > > Why aren't you caching the data yourself, so you can control the location, > size, and retention policies of the cache? Conversely, why are you > electing to have those functions -- which are essential to the operation > of your product -- be delegated to a component (WebView's cache) over >

[android-developers] Re: relocating webview cache using softlinks

2009-09-23 Thread Jayesh Salvi
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 7:53 PM, Mark Murphy wrote: > > >> Why not just call clearCache() periodically? > >> > > > > No, I don't want to loose the cache. In fact, ReaderScope is a Google > > Reader > > client that caches the news web pages in the background using webview. > > This > > allows the u

[android-developers] Re: relocating webview cache using softlinks

2009-09-23 Thread Mark Murphy
>> Why not just call clearCache() periodically? >> > > No, I don't want to loose the cache. In fact, ReaderScope is a Google > Reader > client that caches the news web pages in the background using webview. > This > allows the user to access these webpages offline later on. And what happens when

[android-developers] Re: relocating webview cache using softlinks

2009-09-23 Thread Jayesh Salvi
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 7:00 PM, Mark Murphy wrote: > > > But given > > the large amount of webview cache that my app tends to accumulate over > > time, > > I need to relocate this cache on SDCard. > > Why not just call clearCache() periodically? > No, I don't want to loose the cache. In fact, Re

[android-developers] Re: relocating webview cache using softlinks

2009-09-23 Thread Mark Murphy
> But given > the large amount of webview cache that my app tends to accumulate over > time, > I need to relocate this cache on SDCard. Why not just call clearCache() periodically? -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com Android App Developer Books: http://commonsware.com/books.ht