After doing some more testing I have found that using a shared user ID is not needed to access the other package's databases.
If you call Context.createPackageContext(<other_package_name>, Context.CONTEXT_IGNORE_SECURITY) then you can access the other package's databases even if there is no shared user ID, as long as you signed both packages with the same key. Even if you use a shared user ID the database is still saved per package, and not really placed in a shared area. So the only advantage of the shared user ID seems to be whether you need to use CONTEXT_IGNORE_SECURITY or CONTEXT_INCLUDE_CODE as the parameter when getting the context for the other package. It does appear that you must copy the database from the free package to the paid package to make sure that later when the free version gets deleted you will still have the database data in the new copy you made for the paid version package. I have not yet implemented this, as I have not completed my paid version and have been leaving copying the database as one of the last tasks. Does anyone have any input on the best way to copy SQLite databases? Is there a simple SQL statement that will work to copy the database in its entirety from the one package to the other package? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
