I found it and it does exactly what I need. My api was set to 2.1, but that function is 2.2. My min-sdk is level 8 so I'm ok with that.
Adam On Oct 4, 4:50 am, Adam Hammer <adamhamm...@gmail.com> wrote: > The answer I think I was looking for was > "ACTION_EXTERNAL_APPLICATIONS_AVAILABLE", I can't exactly find it in > the Intent class though. > > That would solve at least one of my problems. If it was guaranteed to > be triggered even when there were no applications, in the case that > the card is ready and loaded and done with, it would be perfect. > > Thanks. > Adam > > On Oct 3, 9:39 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > > > > > I would strongly recommend not putting such apps on the SD card. There is a > > reason that apps must explicitly opt-in to being on the SD card, and why we > > recommend so many types of apps don't do > > so:http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/install-location.html#Sho... > > > <http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/install-location.html#Sho...>(I > > guess add "apps that publish content providers for other apps to use" to > > that list.) > > > With the transient nature of the SD card, we generally consider it to be a > > good place for "large apps that are self-contained." Games, for example. :) > > > On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 7:27 PM, Adam Hammer <adamhamm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I have a ContentProvider in a separate apk that supplies data to my > > > live wallpaper. At boot time my content provider does not seem to be > > > available. I can wait until the SD is mounted, but it's still not > > > ready, as I assume it makes the provider available post mount. > > > > So how do I wait for the providers to be loaded when stored on sd? > > > > -- > > > 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<android-developers%2Bunsubs > > > cr...@googlegroups.com> > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > -- > > 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, 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 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
