RE: Maildroid on SD card

[Андрей Ловецкий]

Hi,

 

Here’s the reply of the creator of Maildroid:

 

From: mail...@googlegroups.com [mailto:mail...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of jl
Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2011 6:39 AM
To: MailDroid
Subject: Re: Move app to SD card, pretty please?

 

App2SD technically can't be done for an email application.

Unfortunately, even though Google praised this idea, they failed to say to consumers that it can only be used in certain cases. I can set it up in 2 minutes, but then MailDroid won't work :) Technical limitation of App2SD.  Take a look here:

 

http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/install-location.html

 

and scroll down to application that should not install on external SD.

MailDroid needs to run as a service and also a few other things on the list. Note that this is also why Gmail and Facebook app is not installed on SD :)

 

--

Andrew K. Lovetski

 

From: mail...@googlegroups.com [mailto:mail...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of ds...@act4u.org
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 11:32 AM
To: mail...@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Digest for mail...@googlegroups.com - 15 Messages in 10 Topics

 

It would be great if Maildroid could be installed on the SD card. Is this possible please.

Kind regards,

David Shaw
Sent from my Android phone
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[Lane Gray, Czar Castic]

I admit I'm not a programmer or developer, but I've got friends who are, and I am usually capable of keeping my mouth shut and ears open, because learning stuff is cool.
Is there a reason why most of Maildroid and other mail/SMS/other services couldn't mostly live on the card, with files on the phone memory being placeholders and pointers to the card, where most of the app lived?