This will be fixed in Donut. Unfortunately I don't know of any work-around short of re-installing the app (note that this -doesn't- requiring uninstalling, just performing an install on top of the existing app).
On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 2:21 PM, sandy8531 <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have two applications in the field that share the same > sharedUserid. > > What I just found out was that there is a bug in Android, where un- > installing one application removes permissions from the other > application also - thereby rendering the other application useless. > > Looks like this bug has been reported before : > http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=2773 > > This is a critical bug. > > Is there a workaround or a tool that can be provided to the user to > recover back to a working version. Un-installing and re-installing the > the application to start from scratch is not a acceptable option for > our users, they stand to lose a lot of valuable data. > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer [email protected] 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 [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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
