Apps on different sdcards requesting the same uid: set aside a uid range for sdcard-only use and keep the uid database for that range stored on the sdcard along with apk, dalvik cache, and home directory. Then it doesn't matter if different apps on different sdcards request the same uid. You can never have a conflict with internal uids since they are from different and mutually exclusive ranges, and you can never have a conflict between uids on different sdcards since the programs can never be present simultaneously.
Factory reset should not affect sdcard at all, as it does currently, it should just wipe the /data internal partition. Could also give an option "would you also like to wipe the sdcard <y/n>?", otherwise just leave the sdcard wiping to formatting. > (7) About apps on removable storage: > > Yup, that's a painful part. We (Google) have felt that pain even > before the G1 was released, as even our handful of test apps wouldn't > fit on the internal storage of a Dream. This is one of those areas > where there's always been some higher priority work for the Google > Android engineers who know that area of the code (see my comment above > about decisions and commitments not being made by engineers). There > have been quite a few discussions about this on open-source lists, but > those barely scratched the surface beyond the equivalent of "works for > me" and didn't seem to get into the meat of the problem (making it > work fully is a surprisingly deep issue). The right group to discuss > this is android-platform. Be prepared to think about what happens e.g. > when two apps are installed on two separate SD cards but request the > same UID, or about the way to deal with a factory reset. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
