Thanks for the exhaustive coverage, Jacque! S. > -----Original Message----- > From: use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-livecode- > boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of J. Landman Gay > Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 3:50 PM > To: How to use LiveCode > Subject: Re: Preferences folder/files on mobile > > On 7/24/11 1:35 PM, Slava Paperno wrote: > > Does the special folder "preferences" point to some location on > mobile > > devices? > > No. The release notes on each mobile OS have a list of available > folders > you can access. > > > > > If not, where is one supposed to place a preferences file for an > application > > on a mobile? > > Generally specialFolderPath("documents"), for a couple of reasons. Not > only is it one of the folders backed up by iTunes on iOS (all app data > is backed up on Android) but also since that folder exists and is > writable on both mobile platforms, you don't have to branch your code. > > > > > Is the Windows tradition of naming the preferences file with the > "ini" > > extension upheld on mobiles? > > As long as you store your file in one of the approved, writable > folders, > it doesn't matter what you name it. An "ini" file won't have any > particular meaning on mobile however. Since it's difficult to see what > other apps use for their file names because of the sandboxing, I don't > know if Windows naming conventions are common. It wouldn't matter. > > > > > A related question: does special folder "home" have any meaning on a > mobile? > > The concept of the "current user" does not exist on a mobile device, > does > > it? > > iOS has specialFolderPath("home") though I don't know if it is > writable. > Android doesn't have a "home" folder; at present it has only three > special folder locations and only two are writable. > > I don't think mobile devices can have more than one user account (can > they?) so there wouldn't be a specific "current user". The device > itself > would be the current user, I suppose. > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
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