I must be setting the files as world readable then.

I didn't know that if the app was debuggable that you could change the
shell to run as an app uid.  Can you tell me what version of Android
that works for, and how I do that?

Thanks.

On Jan 7, 4:25 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote:
> On a user build, adb can not access any application files, with these
> exceptions:
>
> - If the app has declared itself debuggable, recent versions of android will
> allow the shell user to change to run as that app uid and thus access its
> files.
> - If you create files that are explicitly marked as world readable or
> writeable, then the shell will be able to read/write those files as
> indicated.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 3:41 PM, John Gaby <jg...@gabysoft.com> wrote:
> > I find that, when using a actual device that is not rooted, that I
> > cannot see the contents folders created by my application.  However,
> > if I know the exact name and path of a file, I CAN pull or push it
> > using ADB.  Is there a way to prevent external access to application
> > files (on a non-rooted phone, of course).
>
> > Thanks
>
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