Hi John, thanks for the info, but essentially what I was hoping to have was
1) Files on SD card NOT deleted during upgrade (they are independent of the app version) 2) Files on SD card ARE deleted during final uninstall However they get deleted in both those scenarios which is not useful to me, as I cannot ask the user to re-download ~200MB of files again if I need to release an upgrade to fix a bug or something. On Jul 25, 3:10 am, john <[email protected]> wrote: > If you're using API Level 8 or greater, use getExternalFilesDir(null) > to save a File. > > It will be deleted when you upgrade to a newer version. > > On 7月25日, 上午3時57分, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Ergh... that may be a bug. :( To be clear, when doing the update your > > internal data is not being erased, but the data on the SD card is? > > > On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 10:11 AM, Joseph Earl > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > I have an application which resides on the phone memory but downloads > > > large data to the SD card on first launch (the app needs to be able to > > > work without an internet connection most of the time) > > > > When using the recommend directory given in Froyo it seems all files > > > on the SD card are deleted when I install a newer version of the .apk. > > > I'd preferably like the files removed on uninstall, but not on upgrade > > > since the files on the SD card aren't going to change between > > > application versions, and forcing the user to re-download a large file > > > that is independent of the application version does not seem > > > reasonable. > > > > At the moment it seems I'm forced to use a different directory to the > > > recommended one in order to stop Froyo deleting all the files when the > > > application is upgraded. > > > > Am I doing something wrong, or is this how it is supposed to work (I'm > > > guessing it is)? (Or perhaps I misunderstood what getExternalFilesDir > > > is for) > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]<android-developers%2Bunsubs > > > [email protected]> > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > -- > > Dianne Hackborn > > Android framework engineer > > [email protected] > > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > > answer them. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
