Re: [android-developers] Internal or External Storage

Also important: internal storage is secure (other apps can't read or modify your data), external storage very much is not.

On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 5:36 PM, Mark Murphy <mmurphy@commonsware.com> wrote:

On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 8:25 PM, John Gaby <jgaby@gabysoft.com> wrote:
> I have a question about where people expect me to store my application
> data.  I have an application where the user will enter information via
> the keypad, and download information (including images) from a
> website.  Where is the proper place to save this?  Internal or
> External Storage?

Yes.

:-)

If you don't care, you might give the user the option via a preference.

If the user may want the images after your application is uninstalled,
then external storage is the better answer.

External storage also has more room, typically, than on-board flash.
OTOH, external storage is not always available (e.g., if user has the
device mounted), is accessible by all applications, etc.

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