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The app's data files are configured such that they are not backed up to iTunes etc #118

Open davekilroy opened 6 years ago

davekilroy commented 6 years ago

Most likely only needed for iOS - however need to conduct a test to make 100% sure that Google doesn't do any backups

ColinSloane commented 6 years ago

need to ensure the app files are not backed up on itunes and also on Android We can block it on IOS devices but need confirmation that we can block on android further exploration needed to ensure we are confident that no data is being backed up to android servers

davekilroy commented 6 years ago

This has been done for iOS, but came across a LiveCode bug (confirmed, and hopefully fixed in the next upcoming release)

For Android, I need to check out EXACTLY what 'Automatic Backup' does on Android with regard to 3rd party apps "Backups my include information in your app data folders, like preferences settings, messages, photos and other files."

davekilroy commented 6 years ago

It looks like it may be possible for me to make a small change in the stock AndroidManifest.xml to prevent backups in such a way that it gets merged into the main manifest when LC and the Android SDS build the Android native app - WITHOUT messing up app signature etc...

EDIT: this has now been done and leads to an altered manifest file in the .apk package - so should stop the app's confidential files being backed up even if the user has 'Automatic Backup' enabled