Dianne very strongly recommends that SDK apps do not use it. There are better ways to get the behavior you want.
Thanks, Justin Anderson MagouyaWare Developer http://sites.google.com/site/magouyaware On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 7:30 AM, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com>wrote: > On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 9:09 AM, Jan Burse <janbu...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > >> sharedUserId is not recommended for SDK apps. > > > > Not recommended in general or for SDK apps? > > My understanding is that sharedUserId was really designed for apps > that ship as part of the firmware. > > > Why for > > SDK apps, you refer to some particular issue? > > > > I found this: > > http://java-hamster.blogspot.ch/2010/05/androids-shareduserid.html > > In the above some issues are listed. Do you mean > > these? I guess they are SDK independent... > > Those are specific problems that I am aware of. I seem to recall > Dianne Hackborn steering us away from sharedUserId, though I am having > some difficulty finding the particular post. > > I'd use other mechanisms, such as a custom signature-level permission > and a ContentProvider, rather than sharedUserId. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy > http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 4.1 Available! > > -- > 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 > -- 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
