Last question-- so by downloading and storing a file in a subdirectory under /data would copy-protect the file in the same way an APK is copy- protected if it is installed with the PackageManager with FORWARD_LOCK enabled?
thanks much for your help. B On Sep 8, 9:58 am, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > It's everything under data (that you haven't explicitly made world > accessible). That is, use the Context API to either directly open a file, > or get a path to a directory where you can use the standard Java APIs to > read and write files, and just put your data there. If you don't use the > flag to make the files world readable, they won't be. > > > > On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 9:47 AM, BrianS <[email protected]> wrote: > > > So would the the private directory you refer to be called data/data/ > > com.myapp/private/ ? > > > thanks much > > > B > > > On Sep 7, 6:30 pm, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Putting it in your normal private directory is exactly the same as > > forward > > > locking -- only your uid (and root) has permission to read it. > > > > On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 8:48 AM, BrianS <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Is there a way to forward lock a specific film that my code downloads > > > > to the android (like a wallpaper or ringtone)? I know you can forward > > > > lock a package, but its resources still remain public, wondering if > > > > its possible to just forward-lock a file. > > > > > Thanks much > > > > > (Apologies if this is a duplicate post, not sure if it made it through > > > > the first time) > > > > -- > > > 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. > > -- > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
