On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Latimerius <l4t1m3r...@googlemail.com>wrote:
> > What you are indeed seeing is just standard Linux filesystem semantics > where > > the storage for a deleted file is not reclaimed until nothing is using it > > any more. In this case, creating the Context on the .apk has opened that > > .apk for read access, and the Linux filesystem will not allow its > storage to > > be removed until it is closed. > Hm, that however means the behaviour is well-defined and reliable. At > least until installation start to include unzipping. > I would disagree with "well-defined" since how apps are actually stored when installed is not really defined much at all. If you need to root a phone to see what is going on, that is a hint. :) On the other hand, yes, the behavior of the current implementation is reliable due to Linux filesystem semantics. -- 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
