On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 10:05 PM, John Lussmyer <[email protected]> wrote: > So, all the documentation about making things "World Writeable" is a flat > out lie?
No. MODE_WORLD_WRITEABLE is available for a handful of methods on Context (e.g., openFileOutput()) and for ParcelFileDescriptor (mostly used by content providers, AFAIK). Ideally, there would be an equivalent operation for standard Java file I/O within the area demarcated by getFilesDir() -- I can only guess as to why setWritable() was dropped. MODE_WORLD_WRITEABLE on a file is a really bad idea, for the same security reasons that world-writable files are a bad idea in any operating system. Use any of the mechanisms that I outlined in a previous thread of yours for inter-process communication on Android. -- 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
