On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 5:58 PM, John Lussmyer <[email protected]> wrote: > 3) Internal Storage - separate apps can't write to each others area, even if > they have the same userid.
AFAIK, they can. What proof do you have to the contrary? Not that this is particularly a good strategy for SDK apps, mind you. > So, in order to send 10 bytes of data to another app, it seems that I'll > have to create a new Activity and have it respond to an Intent(). That is not the proper use of an Activity. > Is that really the only way to do this? -- Create a service, exposing an API through AIDL, consumed via bindService() -- Create a service, exposing an API through an Intent (sent via startService()) and returning results via a Messenger, or createPendingResult()'s PendingIntent, etc. -- Create a content provider There may be other options depending on what the "10 bytes of data" actually is, but those should get you started. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android App Developer Books: http://commonsware.com/books -- 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
