You can't do this, and it is very much a feature that you can't do this. On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 10:41 AM, Priyank <priyankvma...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the reply. > I wanted to do something similar. I wanted to save some information on > the phone, but when the user selects "Clear Data", the information > needs to persist. I dont mind the information getting deleted if the > user uninstalls the application. > I tried saving the information in a file in the internal memory (data/ > data/com.test/files/FILENAME using openFileOutput(FILENAME, > Context.MODE_PRIVATE)) but still the file gets deleted on pressing > "Clear Data". I do not want to save the file in the SD card. > Is there any way I can do that. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > Priyank > > On Jul 26, 1:24 pm, Chris Stratton <cs07...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tuesday, July 26, 2011 1:17:42 PM UTC-4, Priyank wrote: > > > > > I saw a few posts which said that even though we add this line in the > > > manifest file, we are not able to disable the Clear Data button for an > > > application. > > > I tried it in 2.2, 2.3 and 3.0 and was not able to disable that > > > button. Am I doing anything wrong or is there any other method to do > > > this. > > > > Apparently that was only ever available for system applications, and is > also > > broken in some versions. This would be consistent with the android > design > > goal of not letting 3rd party apps make semi-permanent changes to the > > device. Even if it did work, removing and re-installing the application > > would get around it. > > > > See: > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/android-developers/sQkfGQ9zVrc/AT98os... > > -- > 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 > -- 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. -- 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
