Neither are correct AFAIK. For example, if you add android:sharedUserId to an existing shipping app, both the name and the UID might change on users' devices, with the lovely side effect of causing your app to no longer be able to read its own existing files.
On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 1:32 PM, tegbird <[email protected]> wrote: > When I update my app, does ApplicationInfo.uid stays the same. > > PackageManager.getNameForUid (int uid) says > "Retrieve the official name associated with a user id. This name is > guaranteed to never change, though it is possibly for the underlying > user id to be changed. That is, if you are storing information about > user ids in persistent storage, you should use the string returned by > this function instead of the raw user-id." > > From the above explanation it seems it can change. > > > > in developers site at > http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/security/security.html > it says > "At install time, Android gives each package a distinct Linux user ID. > The identity remains constant for the duration of the package's life > on that device." > > Are thess two documents referring the same user id? If yes why they > are contradicting. > What is the correct behavior. > > Thanks > > -- > 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 -- 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
