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Does this happen on Windows Phone devices as well? While WP allows reading and writing to the SD card, it provides isolated storage for apps(which is a source o

by anoncow 13y ago

Does this happen on Windows Phone devices as well? While WP allows reading and writing to the SD card, it provides isolated storage for apps(which is a source of much pain). While I am not sure about how android handles storage for apps, there should be a middle ground where users can explicitly permit apps to read protected storage data of other apps. WP disallows storage data sharing between apps leading to limited functionality.(this is not related to the article, just a wp rant)

adwilson 13y ago
>Does this happen Windows Phone devices as well? If they put the database in their isolated storage then no. Apps are sandboxed to their own isolated storage folder and cannot get access to the other apps folder (the source of your pain) Edit: Spelling is hard
matt_heimer 13y ago
Google switched to the isolated storage model (on the sd card) for KitKat - http://source.android.com/devices/tech/storage/ http://source.android.com/devices/tech/storage/. Google has content providers so if an app wants to share data it can do so https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/providers/content-provider-basics.html https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/providers/content.... If you really want to do something unsafe like allow direct file access to any folder then that is a reason to root your Android phone. Then using an app like SuperSU your can grant root permission to an application.