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Re: Android 6

From Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.mobile.android
Subject Re: Android 6
Date 2016-12-31 13:27 +0000
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <VA.00000c23.0503f1e5@me.invalid> (permalink)
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In article <98f471b5-835a-7fd5-698a-cdc0e88929c2@arnowelzel.de>, Arno 
Welzel wrote:
>> The issue is whether the programmer has chosen to make the app
>> write data to the SD card, and whether the app has the necessary
>> permission to do so.
> 
> Correct. But apps don't need to write their to the SD card to store
> their own data - therefore most apps just don't do this.

Point taken.

However, I'd say that some of an app's data is internal in nature, but 
some is external, and in that latter case the app developer *should* 
give the user the option to store it on external media.

In the (special) case of the camera app there will be settings -- e.g. 
the flash on/off/auto setting -- that apply to that app on that device 
and don't need to be accessed by anything else, but there are also the 
actual photographs that other apps might want/need to read. 

A mail app, for example, might need to read the photos so that it can 
attach them, a photo-editing program might need to read the photographs 
to make changes (and might also want to write back updated versions).

The photos are typically stored as JPEG files; JPEG is a common format 
used by many other applications both on Android and on other systems. 
The whole point of having portable file formats is to enable the files 
to be moved between devices/systems so it makes perfect sense to store 
them on removable media that can be read in another device.

Some people regularly transfer photographs between a camera and a PC by 
removing the card from the camera and inserting it into a card reader in 
the PC. I do that with my DSLR, but I don't do that with my phone. I do, 
however, value the fact that if my phone gets broken I can use this 
method to pull any data off the micro-SD card that hasn't yet been 
backed-up. 

An Android device's internal memory is a finite resource, and should be 
used sparingly. Apps should make sure that where an SD card is available 
they make provision for using it.

-- 
Cheers,
 Daniel.

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  Re: Android 6 The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2016-12-22 10:00 -0800
    Re: Android 6 Bill <Billaboard@gmail.com> - 2016-12-23 00:23 +0000
      Re: Android 6 nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-12-22 19:30 -0500
        Re: Android 6 Bill <Billaboard@gmail.com> - 2016-12-23 12:42 +0000
          Re: Android 6 tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-12-23 11:58 -0500
            Re: Android 6 Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2016-12-29 13:43 +0100
              Re: Android 6 Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2016-12-30 15:34 +0000
                Re: Android 6 Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2016-12-30 22:33 +0100
                Re: Android 6 Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2016-12-31 13:27 +0000
                Re: Android 6 Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2017-01-04 08:59 +0100
                Re: Android 6 Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2017-01-04 13:40 +0000
                Re: Android 6 Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2017-01-11 09:00 +0100
                Re: Android 6 Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2017-01-15 18:23 +0000
                Re: Android 6 Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2017-01-15 21:20 +0100
                Re: Android 6 AL <45364747@invalid.com> - 2017-01-04 10:06 -0700
                Re: Android 6 Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2017-01-11 09:00 +0100
                Re: Android 6 tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2017-01-05 01:34 -0500
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                Re: Android 6 tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2017-01-07 13:09 -0500
                Re: Android 6 Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2017-01-08 18:18 +0000
                Re: Android 6 tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2017-01-08 15:42 -0500
                Re: Android 6 The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2017-01-08 17:11 -0800
                Re: Android 6 nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-01-08 20:19 -0500
                Re: Android 6 Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2017-01-09 23:55 +0000
                Re: Android 6 Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2017-01-11 18:07 +0100
                Re: Android 6 Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2017-01-08 21:34 +0000
                Re: Android 6 Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2017-01-09 23:55 +0000
          Re: Android 6 Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2016-12-24 10:49 +0100
  Re: Android 6 Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2016-12-22 23:55 +0100
    Re: Android 6 nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-12-22 19:15 -0500
      Re: Android 6 Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2016-12-23 05:46 +0100
        Re: Android 6 nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-12-23 00:15 -0500
      Re: Android 6 Dave Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> - 2016-12-23 17:11 +0000
        Re: Android 6 nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-12-23 12:43 -0500
          Re: Android 6 Dave Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> - 2016-12-23 21:22 +0000
            Re: Android 6 nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-12-24 14:29 -0500
              Re: Android 6 Dave Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> - 2016-12-25 11:10 +0000
                Re: Android 6 Piet <www.godfatherof.nl/@opt-in.invalid> - 2016-12-25 12:37 +0100
                Re: Android 6 nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-12-25 11:18 -0500
                Re: Android 6 Dave Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> - 2016-12-25 20:28 +0000
          Re: Android 6 nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-12-29 12:02 -0500
            Re: Android 6 Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2016-12-29 23:45 +0100
              Re: Android 6 nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-12-29 18:02 -0500
                Re: Android 6 Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2016-12-30 22:24 +0100
                Re: Android 6 nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-12-31 11:55 -0500
                Re: Android 6 Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2017-01-04 09:04 +0100
                Re: Android 6 nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-01-04 10:14 -0500
                Re: Android 6 Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2017-01-11 18:11 +0100
                Re: Android 6 nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-01-11 13:05 -0500
                Re: Android 6 Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2017-01-13 17:23 +0100
                Re: Android 6 nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-01-16 15:35 -0500
                Re: Android 6 Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2017-01-17 05:39 +0100
              Re: Android 6 Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2016-12-30 15:34 +0000
                Re: Android 6 Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2016-12-30 22:26 +0100
                Re: Android 6 Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2016-12-31 13:27 +0000
                Re: Android 6 nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-12-31 11:55 -0500
                Re: Android 6 Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2017-01-04 09:11 +0100
                Re: Android 6 Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2017-01-04 13:40 +0000
                Re: Android 6 nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-01-04 10:14 -0500
                Re: Android 6 Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2017-01-11 18:12 +0100
                Re: Android 6 nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-01-11 13:05 -0500
                Re: Android 6 Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2017-01-13 17:24 +0100
                Re: Android 6 Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2017-01-15 18:23 +0000
                Re: Android 6 Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2017-01-15 21:30 +0100
                Re: Android 6 Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2017-01-16 15:42 +0000
                Re: Android 6 nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-01-16 15:35 -0500
                Re: Android 6 Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2017-01-17 05:44 +0100
                Re: Android 6 Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2017-01-17 17:47 +0000
                Re: Android 6 Bill <Billaboard@gmail.com> - 2017-01-01 01:05 +0000
                Re: Android 6 tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2017-01-02 02:08 -0500
                Re: Android 6 David Taylor <david-taylor@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> - 2017-01-02 08:01 +0000
                Re: Android 6 nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-01-02 08:51 -0500
                Re: Android 6 Bill <Billaboard@gmail.com> - 2017-01-02 20:41 +0000
                Re: Android 6 Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2017-01-04 09:18 +0100
                Re: Android 6 Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2017-01-04 09:14 +0100
          Re: Android 6 Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2016-12-29 14:05 +0100
      Re: Android 6 nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-12-29 12:02 -0500
        Re: Android 6 Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2016-12-29 23:46 +0100
          Re: Android 6 Dave Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> - 2016-12-31 20:18 +0000
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