On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com>wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 9:24 AM, Joseph Earl <joseph.w.e...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Any chance you guys are working a solution for large applications that >> will work across Android 1.5-2.1? >> > > No those platforms are already exist; it would make no sense to modify them > to support new features. > > >> Currently the only secure way of doing it is by targeting Froyo only >> (using 8 as minSdkVersion) - however it will be at least a year, more >> likely 3, before this an acceptable solution to present to my clients >> as they obviously want to target as large a market share as possible. >> > > You don't need to use minSdkVersion; you should use targetSdkVersion to say > you are Froyo compatible, and devices on 2.2 and up can install it on the SD > card. This doesn't make you incompatible with older platforms. (In fact > you don't need to do that -- you can set min/target SDK to whatever you > want, and just need to compile against the 2.2 SDK so you can use the new > manifest attribute.) > > >> 3) There is no security on the data stored on the SD card unless the >> files are manually obfuscated or encrypted. >> > > Putting an app on SD card with 2.2 doesn't prevent others from reading it. > In fact, as the announcement about the licensing server says, we are moving > completely away from forward-locking (read-protecting) apps. > > If apps feel the need to protect their data, they can encrypt it > themselves. > Does this mean that apps installed on SD card are not going to be able to store private data (Context.MODE_PRIVATE) on device? -- Shane Isbell (Founder of ZappMarket) http://apps.facebook.com/zappmarket/ -- 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
