On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 5:05 PM, Nathan <[email protected]> wrote: > I found this message about App Install location: > > "The .apk file is saved on the external storage, but all private user > data, databases, optimized .dex files, and extracted native code are > saved on the internal device memory" > > Based on this, I believe it is a bad idea to place anything large > (meaning more than a few megabytes), as a private storage file. > > ie, if I call > > openFileOutput(FILENAME, Context.MODE_PRIVATE); > > It should be only for little files. If a user moves their app to the > SD Card, it doesn't really give them any more room for these files. > > For anything else, I should plan on it being on the storage card, and > open to the public. > > Am I right?
Yes. IOW, having the app installed on external storage has no effect on files created on openFileOutput(). -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android 3.0 Programming 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
