You can put whatever you want in your private data directory.

On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 11:15 PM, Asif k <asifk1...@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> Hi Dianne,
>
>   Yes you are right, But Is there any way to store over .jar file in
> the app's data directory. Because I am working on emulator and I can
> store any file there.
> Please tell the way I can store in the data dir.
>
>   And yes any alternate idea to call the .jar files dynamically at
> runtime?? I want to call a function from the .jar file, which will be
> decided at runtime.
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Regards,
>
> Asif Kadiwala
> On Mar 19, 11:02 am, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 10:18 PM, Asif k <asifk1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >   Security will be one concern but , my plan is to load the
> > > required .jar files in the sdcard only when it is necessary and I will
> > > remove that .jar files from the /sdcard when my application execution
> > > completes.
> >
> > That doesn't fix the security hole, just makes it a little harder for
> people
> > to exploit.  Not much, though, since they can easily monitor the
> directory
> > where you place them.
> >
> > Why not just put them in your app's data directory, which nobody else can
> > touch?
> >
> > >   I want to do this because I wanna run different things, those will
> > > be decided at runtime. I think this is same concept as that of .dll
> > > ( Dynamic link Lib) in the .net framework.
> >
> > And dlls also have serious security issues if you put them in a place
> where
> > others can modify them.  It's not as much of a concern on Windows,
> though,
> > because its security is much looser and all of the apps tend to run as
> the
> > same user, anyway.
> >
> > --
> > Dianne Hackborn
> > Android framework engineer
> > hack...@android.com
> >
> > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to
> > provide private support.  All such questions should be posted on public
> > forums, where I and others can see and answer them.
> >
>


-- 
Dianne Hackborn
Android framework engineer
hack...@android.com

Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to
provide private support.  All such questions should be posted on public
forums, where I and others can see and answer them.

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