This is really bad. When one application is uninstalled the other application stops working correctly - and users have no idea why the application fails, they just end up blaming the application developer.
BTW - I do not believe the android marketplace provides a way to just reinstall without an upgrade, so the reinstall solution even if the user were to detect the cause of failure does not work. On Sep 1, 5:02 pm, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
