Allow Signal installation in external storage #8417
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Since Android API 8, it is possible to store apk file in external storage. This allows users of phones with low amount of internal memory to install more aps(as SD card is used for it). To keep backward compatibility and allow the use external storage only when user configured it, the safe "auto" value is selected. As Signal does not qualify in any of the "Should Not" categories listed here: https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/data/install-location#ShouldNot it should be perfectly safe to use.
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To the contrary, Signal uses several "Should Not" features:
Thank you, but I think for now we're better off keeping things as they are. |
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Fixes #1234syntaxDescription
Since Android API 8, it is possible to store apk file in external storage. This allows users of phones with low amount of internal memory to install more aps. To keep backward compatibility and allow the use of external storage only when android device supports it and user did configured it, the safe "auto" value is selected.
As Signal does not qualify in any of the "Should Not" categories listed here:
https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/data/install-location#ShouldNot
it should be perfectly safe to use.