I'm running into this same issue. It seems like this functionality isn't very useful if things are being removed upon upgrading. Does anyone have any insight into this problem?
Thanks, Ben On May 23, 11:11 pm, jean-guy <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings all, > > Since API 8 (Froyo) we have a standard place to store application > files on external storage (read this article for more > info:http://developer.android.com/intl/fr/guide/topics/data/data-storage.html) > > My existing application downloads a fair chunk of data to SD card on > the user's command to save space on the internal phone storage, which > as we all know is quite limited on most devices. Previously I was > storing the data in a folder on the external storage root but thought > the "accepted" location was a good idea, especially since 2.2+ will > delete that folder when the app is uninstalled (which of course is not > the case for the folder I'm currently using, not to mention it messies > up the user's SD card). > > The problem? The folder is deleted when the application is upgraded, > not just installed. This really defeats the purpose, since I don't > want to require my users to re-download the data (several megabytes) > every time I issue a bug fix (or any other) release. I can't just > rely on installing the app to SD along with all the data in the apk > since the majority of devices do not yet have 2.2, and probably won't > for a long while. > > Note that I can't verify that a market upgrade leaves the folder > intact, since I don't want to publish my new version until I know that > it won't delete the folder. Can anyone speak if market upgrades do in > fact leave the folder intact? Reinstalling via adb sure doesn't, so I > suspect the Market upgrade behavior is the same. > > If that folder cannot be used, what's a better alternative than what > I'm doing now? Ideally I'd like a folder that gets removed on > *uninstall*, but not *upgrade*. > > Thanks for any good ideas. :-) > > Regards, > Jean-Guy > > -- > 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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
