This is the right advice, and this is the Android way to do it.
On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 9:45 AM, Streets Of Boston <flyingdutc...@gmail.com>wrote: > You can't do that. > > If you want 2 separate apps (i.e. apps with a different package name and > therefore different user-ids) to share data, you'd have to device other > measures: > > 1. Write your own ContentProvider that is public/exported. > > http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/providers/content-providers.html > > Both apps can read and write from this and exchange info this way. > You can implement this ContentProvider in a Project Library used by > both your apps. > > 2. If one app is always sending and the other is always receiving, > write your own public/exported Service or a BroadcastReceiver for the > receiving app. The sending app can invoke these by sending an Intent > (startService/bind or sendBroadcast) > For extra security, I'd suggest using a BroadcastReceiver using your > own homegrown permission. > > 3. Have the receiving app setup a simple 'Web' Server (listening > sockets). > Have the other app send data to this socket. > > > On Tuesday, November 27, 2012 2:56:27 AM UTC-5, Android Test wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> >> I have 2 applications with different package names. E.g. App1 and App2. >> >> App1 needs to write some files to App2's internal memory so that it could >> be uploaded to the backend. >> >> I have used the following in App1 to do so: >> >> filePath = getPackageManager().**getPackageInfo("app2.package.**name >> <http://app2.package.name>", 0).applicationInfo.dataDir; >> >> I can get the correct path but could not write to it. I checked the >> logcat, it is showing "Permission denied". >> >> Am I missing something? What's else needs to be done? >> >> Thanks in Advance >> > -- > 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
