On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 9:09 AM, Jan Burse <[email protected]> wrote: >> sharedUserId is not recommended for SDK apps. > > Not recommended in general or for SDK apps?
My understanding is that sharedUserId was really designed for apps that ship as part of the firmware. > Why for > SDK apps, you refer to some particular issue? > > I found this: > http://java-hamster.blogspot.ch/2010/05/androids-shareduserid.html > In the above some issues are listed. Do you mean > these? I guess they are SDK independent... Those are specific problems that I am aware of. I seem to recall Dianne Hackborn steering us away from sharedUserId, though I am having some difficulty finding the particular post. I'd use other mechanisms, such as a custom signature-level permission and a ContentProvider, rather than sharedUserId. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 4.1 Available! -- 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
