That's all good, but the end users don't understand these restrictions and downrank your app if you don't offer the SD card option. I've experienced this first hand -- even if my app is only 1MB.
On Jan 16, 11:44 am, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > Yes because the apps on SD card are not mounted by the time the boot > completed broadcast is sent. > > The restrictions, including BOOT_COMPLETED, are documented here: > > http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/install-location.html > > <http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/install-location.html>Note that > it should be clear by this that the feature is *not* intended for use by > most applications. The target for it is really large games or other large > applications that are self-contained and don't interact with other parts of > the system. The fact that the app can disappear at any point in order to > transfer data with the SD card is limiting in what it makes sense for such > apps to do. > > > > > > On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 6:47 PM, Zsolt Vasvari <zvasv...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Really? That's not good. I am really starting to think that the move > > to SD card option is more trouble than it's worth. > > > Of course, not offerring this is an invitation for morons who give 1- > > stars for any app that doesn't offer it, no matter how small. > > > On Jan 16, 10:33 am, Ken H <hunt1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Figured out the problem...a little pissed by it. > > > > Apparently, if your app is designed to listen for the BOOT_COMPLETED > > > broadcast, and you allow it to be moved to the SD card, it will not > > > hear the BOOT_COMPLETED message. Annoying to say the least. > > > > Just out of curiosity, after spending several hours trying to fix it, > > > does anybody know why this is? > > > > Ken H > > > -- > > 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%2Bunsubscr...@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.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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
