user3239402
Reputation: 21
android:allowbackup="false" not working
I am setting android:allowbackup="false" in AndroidManifest.xml file but still i am able to take backup my complete app as apk with some app saver application. How is it possible?
I want to disable backup.
Upvotes: 2
Views: 4220
Answers (1)
guest
Reputation: 6708
android:allowbackup controls whether the application's data gets backed up.
It doesn't mediate access to the application's apk.
In my experience, the apk is stored as a world-readable file in /data/app.
Thus, some app saver application can easily copy it from there.
I heard that Jelly Bean and up supports "forward locking" the apk, but I haven't seen any technical details about it.
Upvotes: 1
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