Thanks Emeric for the reply. 'My maps application' is the Google Maps. As per my understanding (and experience with GingerBread & JellyBean), app updates on android (even for system apps) go to /data/app partition. For ex /system/app/Currents.apk would have update installed as /data/app/com.google.android.currents-1.apk. And same is true for other apps as well.
What I had noticed was a particular incidence where something caused Maps app updates (first installed under /data/app) move to /system/app ! And I am not getting any clue for the reason behind this behaviour. --Manish Sharma On Thursday, March 21, 2013 8:20:11 AM UTC+5:30, m-ric wrote: > > What do you mean by "my maps application"? Is it an app you develop? > Or is it Google Maps? If so, Google Maps is a system app (/system/app), > not a user app (data/app). > So to update it, I guess Android has no choice than to remount /system in > RW, then toggle it back to RO. > > Emeric > > On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 7:03 AM, Manish Sharma > <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> I recently saw a scenario where update for my maps application (on Google >> Nexus S - 4.1.2 JellyBean) triggered /system rw remount, copied some files >> there and remounted /system back to ro !! >> AFAIK, ideally all the app updates only go to /data/ but the above >> behaviour defies this understanding. >> And this happened to me only once for maps update and also I was not able >> to recreate this for any other apps. >> >> Is anyone aware of this functionality, and the associated reason which >> could have triggered this! >> >> Thanks >> Manish Sharma >> >> -- >> -- >> unsubscribe: [email protected] <javascript:> >> website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-kernel >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Android Linux Kernel Development" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- -- unsubscribe: [email protected] website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-kernel --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Linux Kernel Development" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
