This group is solely for SDK related applications. There is a list of groups on the website indicating which might be good for this, android-platform, and android-porting, perhaps?
I'm a little weary of sticking this in shared preferences for this, but I guess there's nothing inherently horrible about that.. kris On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 5:28 AM, galapogos <[email protected]> wrote: > Where would it belong then? > > Yes I'm trying to share some data between the framework and the launcher > app, and I'm trying to accomplish this via SharedPreferences. The framework > will set a variable during user authentication, which will then be read > later on by the launcher. I'm having some problems doing this as I get a > NameNotFoundException exception in my try-catch block. > > > On Monday, August 13, 2012 4:01:59 PM UTC+8, Kristopher Micinski wrote: >> >> FYI this *definitely* does not belong on android-developers. >> >> Additionally, it's sort of unclear what you're asking. You're asking >> about the sharing of the shared preferences, correct?... If you're >> modifying the system and can't figure, that generally doesn't bode >> well.. What are you actually trying to do? Something with >> authentication? >> >> kris >> >> On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 2:59 AM, Sihan Goi <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > Is it possible to share data between the Android framework and an app? >> > >> > I'm modifying the Android framework login component so that a variable >> > will >> > be saved upon login, and then later retrieved by another app. I'm trying >> > to >> > use SharedPreferences, and my code looks like this: >> > >> > In com.android.internal.policy.impl.PasswordUnlockScreen.java, I have >> > the >> > following code to write to the SharedPreferences. >> > >> > SharedPreferences prefs = getContext().getSharedPreferences("mypref", >> > Context.MODE_WORLD_READABLE); >> > SharedPreferences.Editor editor = prefs.edit(); >> > editor.putString("mypref", "my data" >> > editor.commit(); >> > >> > In my other app, I have the following code to read from it. >> > >> > Context con; >> > String data; >> > try { >> > con = this.createPackageContext("com.android.internal.policy.impl", >> > 0); >> > SharedPreferences pref = con.getSharedPreferences("mypref", >> > Context.MODE_PRIVATE); >> > data = pref.getString("mypref", "0") >> > } catch (NameNotFoundException e) { >> > data = "0"; >> > Log.e("No data shared", e.toString()); >> > } >> > >> > When I run the code, I keep getting the NameNotFoundException, as it >> > claims >> > the application package com.android.internal.policy.impl is not found, >> > so my >> > data is always "0". >> > >> > How can I share data between these 2 components? >> > >> > Thanks. >> > >> > -- >> > - Goi Sihan >> > [email protected] >> > >> > -- >> > 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 > > -- > 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 -- 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
